Wastewater Fees
| Fee Description | Fee ($) 2026/27 |
|---|---|
| Connection fees | As charged by contractor |
| New Wastewater connection to property boundary plus MDC administration fee | As charged by contractor |
| MDC administration fee | 374.00 |
| Disconnection at sewer main | 1,717.00 |
| Volumetric Wastewater charges | |
| Base charge per water meter connection - charged per three-month period includes 76m3 of flow use per period | 248.00 |
| Wastewater discharge consumption (not covered by trade waste charges) is calculated at 80% of the volume of water used, as measured by water meter | 1.47 |
| Feilding Trade Waste charges calculated as per Trade Waste Bylaw | |
| Flow per cubic meter (m3) | 0.78 |
| Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) per kg | 0.87 |
| Total Suspended Solid (TSS) per kg | 0.53 |
| Additional charges may be levied in accordance with the trade waste consent for trade waste high in other contaminants including ammoniacal nitrogen or phosphorous | |
| Total Phosphorous (TP) charge per kg | 32.18 |
| Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) per kg | 0.28 |
| Tankered Waste for digestion per cubic meter (m3) | 60.48 |
| Trade Waste administration charges | |
| Trade Waste consent application fees (includes first two hours of processing) | 284.00 |
| Consent processing fee (cost per hour) | 140.00 |
| Annual compliance monitoring | 527.00 |
| Compliance monitoring grease traps sampling (per inspection) | 106.00 |
| Re-inspection fees (per inspection) | 140.00 |
| Annual grease trap monitoring | 93.00 |
| Annual monitoring of oil interceptors (or similar devices) | 93.00 |
| Annual monitoring of amalgam traps | 93.00 |
| New user setup fee | 330.00 |
| Tankered Domestic Waste | |
| Tankered Domestic Waste per cubic meter (m3) | 38.79 |
| Wastewater Capital Contributions - Units of Demand * | |
| Awahuri | 15,111.00 |
| Cheltenham | 15,111.00 |
| Feilding - where development contributions are not charged | 15,111.00 |
| Halcombe | 15,111.00 |
| Kimbolton | 15,111.00 |
| Rongotea | 15,111.00 |
| Sanson | 15,111.00 |
| Himatangi Beach | |
| Himatangi Beach - New dwelling | 34,456.00 |
| Himatangi Beach - Existing dwelling | 37,149.00 |
| *typically per dwelling | |