Water Connection Charges

All Rural Extension off Urban Supplies

Payable by a property that connects to the low pressure supply in one of the Group Account Rural Extension areas.

	1 July 2011 to  30 June 2012 GST incl at 15%
Connection per property	$4,012.00 plus outwork plus admin

All Urban Supplies

Payable by all urban areas that form the Group Water Account.

All urban areas	$1,452.00 plus outwork plus admin
Special water reading fee	$55.00 per reading

Rural Water Supply Connection Charges

This is the fee payable to connect to the scheme, for:

Dovedale Redwood Valley Eighty-Eight Valley	Only if capacity is available.
Connection per property (includes first unit) Additional Units (if available)	$4,012.00 plus outwork plus admin $700.00/unit plus outwork plus admin

Water Supply Charges

A new services agreement is planned between Nelson City Council and Tasman District Council, for the supply of water to Nelson City ratepayers in the area of Champion Road, Garin College and the Wakatu Industrial Estate. Tasman District Council currently supplies water to these users, but under individual supply arrangements. The proposed agreement is for the supply of water to Nelson City Council, rather than to individual residents and businesses. If the proposed agreement proceeds, Nelson City Council will be responsible for the supply of water directly to its ratepayers who are currently supplied by Tasman District Council. The cost of the water supply from Tasman District Council to Nelson City Council is proposed to be the same as to rating units with a metered connection in Richmond.

The water supply agreements between the council, Nelson Pine Industries Limited, ENZA Foods New Zealand Limited and Alliance Group Limited (Industrial Water Users) expired on 30 June 2010. 

The Council and the Industrial Water Users have not agreed on the terms of water supply beyond the expiry date. The Industrial Water Users currently pay the Council 35.47 cents per cubic metre of water supplied. The Council desires to set the same rates in relation to the rating units owned by Nelson Pine Industries Limited as it does for other rating units with a metered connection in Richmond. The Council also desires that Nelson City Council takes over responsibility for the supply of water to all properties within Nelson City currently supplied with water by Tasman District Council, including ENZA Foods New Zealand Limited and Alliance Group Limited, with the cost of the water supply from Tasman District Council to Nelson City Council being the same as for rating units with a metered connection in Richmond.

If the new services agreement does not proceed then the charges for water supplied by the Council to rating units in Nelson City, excluding the ENZA Foods New Zealand Limited site and the Alliance Group Limited site, will be the same as rating units with metered connections in Richmond (per cubic metre supplied) which is $1.50 (excl GST) for 2011/2012 (2010/2011 $1.28 excl GST). In addition, these properties are charged a fixed daily amount of 51.89 cents (excl GST) per day for 2011/2012 (2010/2011 44.99 cents excl GST per day).