What Council Does
- Animal Control
- Area Engineers
- Building Control
- Cemeteries
- Civil Defence
- Community Halls
- Community Housing
- Corridor Management
- Customer Service
- Environmental Health
- Funding and Grants
- Forestry
- Libraries
- Liquor Licensing
- Maps
- Online Services
- Parks and Reserves
- Planning/Resource Management
- Records/Archives
- Roading
- Rubbish and Recycling
- SIESA
- Stormwater
- Water
- Wastewater
Stormwater
Stormwater is the water that runs off surfaces such as roads, footpaths and rooftops. It travels down gutters, into sumps and then into a stormwater network.
Council manages 28 stormwater networks at Balfour, Browns, Colac Bay, Dipton, Edendale, Limehills-Centre Bush, Lumsden, Manapouri, Monowai, Mossburn, Nightcaps, Ohai, Orepuki, Otautau, Riversdale, Riverton, Stewart Island, Te Anau, Thornbury, Tokanui, Tuatapere, Waikaia, Waikawa, Wairio, Wallacetown, Winton, Woodlands and Wyndham.
Several smaller towns have partial services and Council also manages open watercourses in rural areas.
Stormwater is disposed of through this system, reducing surface flooding in times of heavy rain.
Stormwater discharges are no longer allowed into natural waterways through Environment Southland's Regional Water Plan, which became operative this year. This means all discharges will have to have a discharge permit.
About this page
| First added: | 25 March 2009 |
| Last updated: | 23 June 2009 |
