All water services in the Awatere (including Seddon), Havelock, Renwick, Wairau Valley, for high-usage businesses elsewhere and for some special customers are metered. All others are not metered. For further information phone Council on 03 520 7400.
See the fees section of this website for standard connection fees. When a connection has been approved and full payment received, the Council will install the connection within 10 working days.
We test all Council supplies in accordance with the New Zealand Drinking Water Standards. Private water supply can be tested at Wairau Hospital Lab or Cawthron Institute, Nelson, phone 0800 809-898.
Check for ground moisture around the line of your water pipe. Also check with neighbour to see if a common fault exists. For further information phone Council on 03 520 7400.
Aggressiveness of the water sometimes leaches copper out of copper pipe fittings. New treatment measures (eg; addition of lime) should greatly reduce this effect. Phone Council on 03 520 7400 for more information.
