Costs of wastewater dispersal triple

Treated wastewater from Moeraki will no longer be discharged on the beach near the Moeraki Boulders.

But as projected costs for a new effluent dispersal system had tripled to roughly $1,250,000 since the project was first planned, how the costs would be shared by ratepayers had yet to be determined by the Waitaki District Council, council assets group manager Neil Jorgensen said. Read more