Our plans
The volume of wastewater will increase as the
city grows.
The plan includes:
ensuring treatment is to a high standard and
•
we meet stringent compliance conditons
for discharging treated wastewater into the
Waikato River
accommodatng future urban growth
•
reducing the risk of overfows into waterways
•
during heavy rain
identfying illegal stormwater connectons
•
that use up valuable capacity in the pipes
and increase the cost of treatment.
WaSTeWaTeR DRaINS
FROM SHOWeRS, baTHS,
SINKS, WaSHING MaCHINeS,
DISHWaSHeRS aND
TOILeTS.
Liquid waste from commercial and industrial
premises is also treated through the wastewater
system.
In Hamilton wastewater is transported through
a network of pipes and pump statons to the
Wastewater Treatment Plant at Pukete, where it is
treated to a high quality before being discharged
into the Waikato River.
WhAt We Do:
•
WAsteWAter ColleCtion
•
WasteWater treatMent anD DisPosal
Going with the flow...
WAsteWAter
8
%
of your rAtes
goes
towards
WasteWater.
Wastewater is
WAter
99.7
%
and contains
less than 0.3%
other materials.
DiD you KnoW?
45Millionlitres
of WAsteWAter
are
generated in the city per day.
There are about
780 KM
of
wastewater pipes
in the city and
14,777ManHoles.
H a m i lt o n C i t y C o u n C i l
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