Waikato Regional Council prosecutes Hamilton City council and a staff member

Hamilton City Council and one of its staff members are being prosecuted by Waikato Regional Council with a discharge of sewage in breach of the Resource Management Act.

The spill was at the Pukete wastewater treatment plant last July and resulted in about 90,000 litres of partially treated sewage sludge entering the Waikato River.

The council and the staff member have each been charged in the Hamilton District Court No court date has yet been set for the hearing of the charges.

“The decision to lay the charges has been made by a group of senior regional council staff after careful consideration of the results of an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the spill,” investigations and complaints manager Patrick Lynch says.