The Waiinu Beach community will soon have a long-awaited new wastewater treatment plant.
Work is set to start on Monday installing a $1 million treatment plant at the settlement near Waitotara.
South Taranaki District Council projects manager Kobus Van der Merwe said the new submerged aerated filter (SAF) plant was proven technology, commonly used around the world.
"The new plant is arriving by boat into Auckland on September 8 and will be transported on eight trucks to Waiinu," Van der Merwe said.
"All going well with Customs, we expect to have the plant arrive by September 17.