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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Planning, reporting, and financial management - Financial matters

254: Obligation to consider cost-effectiveness of wastewater options

You could also call this:

"Consider the cheapest way to manage wastewater"

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When you make decisions about wastewater, you need to think about the cost. You have to consider options for providing wastewater infrastructure and treating wastewater. You must choose the option that you think is the most cost-effective over the life of the infrastructure.

You have to think about how much it will cost to provide wastewater services. This includes the cost of the infrastructure assets needed for the option you choose. You must pick the option that gives the best value for money.

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Financial matters

254Obligation to consider cost-effectiveness of wastewater options

  1. This section applies when a water service provider makes a decision relating to—

  2. options for providing wastewater infrastructure:
    1. options for treating wastewater.

      1. The water service provider must, when making a decision under subsection (1), choose the option it considers to be the most cost-effective option for providing wastewater services over the life of the infrastructure assets required to implement that option.