It would mean residential ratepayers pay a levy of $70 to $100 per year, on top of rates. Wellington City Councillor Sean Rush, who holds the Three Waters portfolio, said the levy would give the council more ability to fund projects without breaching debt limits. “It frees up funding for other projects such as water and the libraries,” he said. Wellington City Council is currently working with Crown Infrastructure Partners to develop a proposal to submit to Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga Ministry of Housing and Urban Development
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Wellington Water contractors were forced to take sludge by truck from the Moa Point Treatment Plant to the Southern Landfill after a wastewater pipe broke under Mt Albert last year.