The South Australian Department of Health has announced it has given the Copper Coast Council until February 13 to show it will connect several wastewater areas to prevent potential health problems.

 

The council’s long-planned Community Wastewater Management Scheme war born out of a five-stage approach scheduled over five years at a cost of $5 million.

 

"We've met with the engineers and they're already underway doing part of the work that's going to link into the treatment plant which is currently under contract," Council CEO Peter Harder told the ABC.

 

"The rest of the designs won't be fully completed until the middle of the year but we'll have enough information in the next few weeks to be able to meet our obligations for the Department of Health and give them a pathway over the next five years.