Wellington Water supplies drinking water to Porirua households and businesses.
Water users meet the cost of this supply by:
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Wellington Water manages the water, wastewater and stormwater services network for the council.
You need to apply to council for the following:
The relevant form can be downloaded from our website (refer to application forms below) or picked up from our Customer Service Centre, 16 Cobham Court, Porirua.
Once the form is completed you will need to return it to our Customer Service Centre and pay the applicable application fee to the council when you apply. The fees are as follows:
| Water connection fees – residential | 412.00 |
| Water connection fees – other | 746.00 |
| Drainage connection fee – residential | 412.00 |
| Drainage connection fee – other | 746.00 |
| Reinspection/additional processing (per hour) | 223.00 |
Residential: $392
Other: $710
Re-inspection and additional processing per hour: $212
The application can’t be processed until the fee is paid
Wellington Water will contact you directly to advise the outcome of your application. If approved Wellington Water will send you a confirmation letter detailing the process along with a list of approved contractors who can undertake this work.
You can then get quotes from the approved contractors and choose one to undertake the work. The installation contractor will charge their costs directly to you.
You may opt to have a residential water meter installed and pay for your water usage in this manner rather than paying the annual water charge with your rates.
All commercial properties are required to have a water meter.
Your meter will be read and you will be invoiced on the following schedule:
If you want more information on the use of water meters, call our Contact Centre on (04) 237 5089 or visit us during normal business hours.
The document is intended to be read in conjunction with the Regional Standard for Water Services and Council’s codes of practice for development. The specification relates to infrastructure for stormwater, wastewater and water supply networks within the Porirua City. It provides technical guidance for materials, construction and design.
This document was developed to consolidate the existing codes of practice for water services for Porirua City, Hutt City, Upper Hutt City and Wellington City in order to provide a regionally consistent method of design and implementation of water services across the Wellington region.
