Connection, Disconnection & Relocation fees

This page contains various fees and charges that fall outside of our standard customer charges including:

regulated services
water connections
sewerage connections and disconnections
relocation fees
water meter reads and testing
sundry fees and;
fire connections.

These charges relate to the 2025 Financial Year.
Fees and charges for development assessment are available here.

Charges for other regulated services
Private filling stations (fixed charge per annum for 20mm, scaled by size)	$393.55	NO GST
Private filling stations (/kL)	$1.2186	NO GST
Public filling stations (/kL) (Via AVDATA System)	$1.8786	NO GST
Account key security deposit (Maximum charge)	$57.38	NO GST
Maximum Prepaid EKey recharge (Via AVDATA)	$7.05	NO GST
Motor home dump points (1ET) (note does not apply to those within caravan parks)	$755.25	NO GST
Portable metered standpipes (fixed charge per annum for 20mm, scaled by size)	$393.55	NO GST
Portable metered standpipes (/kL)	$1.2186	NO GST
Septic Tank Effluent Disposal (0.7ET)	$528.68	NO GST

Water connections, including relocations, disconnections and meter only
Standard 20mm water connection No maximum price determined. TasWater-approved contractor carries out the work at a quoted price.	Non-standard water connection No maximum price determined. TasWater-approved contractor carries out the work at a quoted price.

Sewer connections, including relocations and disconnections
Standard 100mm sewerage connection No maximum price determined. TasWater-approved contractor carries out the work at a quoted price.	Non-standard sewer connection No maximum price determined. TasWater-approved contractor carries out the work at a quoted price.

Water metering fees
Special meter reads $69.56 NO GST	Meter testing - onsite $91.21 NO GST	Meter testing - offsite Price on Application (POA) NO GST	Meter downsizing (40mm to 20mm only) $420.61 NO GST	Meter downsizing (all others) Price on Application (POA) NO GST

Sundry fees
Section 56W consent fee $52.87 NO GST	Right to information request $46.75 NO GST	Field inspection and supervision fee $67.79/hr NO GST	Pressure and flow testing - new connection, single point. For multiple test points the additional time (field and administration) will be charged at ‘Field inspection and supervision fee’ rate $120.47 NO GST	Pressure and flow testing - existing connection where a no-charge test has been previously provided $182.68 NO GST
Land Information Certificate (56ZQ) request $46.75 NO GST	Restriction charge $120.67 NO GST	Account establishment fee $28.69 NO GST	Account administration bounced payments (per transaction) $8.15 NO GST	Consent to register legal document $256.99 NO GST

Fire service
Fire service installation Price on Application (POA) NO GST

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