Reticulated Wastewater Schemes

This page lists Council-owned sewerage reticulation schemes, including the Bells Island Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Reticulation Systems in Tasman

Tasman District Council owns, operates and maintains 12 sewerage reticulation schemes servicing the following communities:

• Collingwood
• Hope/Brightwater
• Kaiteriteri/Riwaka
• Mapua/Ruby Bay
• Motueka
• Murchison
• Richmond
• St Arnaud
• Takaka
• Takaka to Tata Beach
• Tapawera
• Upper Takaka
• Wakefield

Bells Island Wastewater Treatment Plant

Tasman District Council and Nelson City Council are equal joint owners of the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit (NRSBU). The wastewater treatment plant is located at Bells Island in Waimea Inlet.  The Wakefield, Brightwater, Hope, Richmond and Mapua/Ruby Bay communities dispose their wastewater to this plant which also treats a significant part of Nelson City's wastewater.