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Wastewater Laterals Policy

Adopted 2021.

The Wastewater Laterals Policy is about responsibilities for wastewater laterals, these are the pipes that connect wastewater from a property to a Council wastewater main.

Under this policy:

  • the Council is responsible for the repair and renewal of wastewater laterals that are in public roads, and
  • property owners are responsible for wastewater laterals from their property that are in; their property, a neighbouring private property or other public land (for example, a reserve).

This policy replaced the Lateral Policy 2005 (applying to wastewater laterals connected to public mains).

Wastewater Laterals Policy (2021) (620KB PDF) | Text version (805KB RTF)