Taupo

In order to cope with a growing urban population and to get the best performance from its wastewater treatment systems, the council plans to upgrade Taupo township’s land-based sewage treatment system. The Council has allocated $5 million in the 2006, 2007 period to purchase 350 hectares of land for spray irrigation of wastewater.

A computer model is being prepared for the Taupo main trunk sewer that collects 85 percent of Taupo's gravity sewerage from Grace crescent to the PCP - beside the Waikato River. The first part of Taupo’s main sewage trunk pipe line will be upgraded to cope with the growth at a cost of $420,000 during the 2007, 2008  period.

A structure plan for Taupo’s wastewater treatment  is  being  drawn up and alternative methods of treatment and disposal have to be investigated for the long term.

Acacia Bay

The Council has allocated $500,000 in the 2007, 2008  period to build new trunk sewers from Acacia Bay/Mapara Road. A structure plan for Acacia Bay’s and Mapara Hill’s wastewater system is currently being drawn up. Alternative methods of treatment and disposal are being investigated.

One hundred thousand dollars has been budgeted for the 2007, 2008  period for a second sludge holding tank. The existing sludge holding tank is almost at full capacity.

Waihi, Hatepe, Tauranga/Taupo Wastewater and Treatment

A new sewerage treatment scheme is to be investigated for the eastern lakeside settlement of Tauranga-Taupo, Waitetoko-Rangiiti. The Council is to plan for new sewerage schemes, which will help meet rising environmental requirements and assist the protection of Lake Taupo.

Previous News and Issues

To view the media release December 2003, click HERE.

Kinloch

A major sewerage treatment plant upgrade is planned for Kinloch in order to accommodate a further 628 residential lots at the lakeside settlement. The total cost of the upgrade is around $8 million, and the project will take place between 2008 and 2009. The upgrade will see Kinloch’s effluent treated and discharged to a much higher standard, using a new membrane bioreactor plant and several different disposal systems for the treated wastewater.

For more information on the proposed wastewater and water treatment upgrade click HERE ( 99 kb PDF ).

Previous News and Issues

To view the media release December 2004, click HERE.