Management of Community Wastewater Management Systems

Our review assessed whether the Berri Barmera Council and the Yorke Peninsula Council effectively managed their Community Wastewater Management Systems (CWMS) networks in a way that demonstrated:

• a safe and reliable service was provided
• financial sustainability over the network’s useful life. 

We concluded that both Councils had successfully removed and treated wastewater collected from properties connected to their CWMS networks over the period we reviewed. 

We concluded that fundamental areas of the Berri Barmera Council’s management of its CWMS network were not operating effectively. Consequently, the Berri Barmera Council is not able to demonstrate that its CWMS network is being managed in a way that is financially sustainable over its useful life. This increases the risk of its CWMS network failing to provide a safe and reliable level of service in the medium to long term. 

We concluded that some key areas of the Yorke Peninsula Council’s management of its CWMS network were not operating effectively. 

See our full report for more information.