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Easter service update

Council’s Beaufort office will be closed on Friday 7 April and Monday 10 April. The Beaufort Resource Centre and Avoca Information Centre will be closed on Friday 7 April and open from 10am to 1pm on Monday 10 April.
Garbage and recycling collection remain unchanged.

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Information and Fact Sheets

Onsite Wastewater Management Information Sheets

Note: some of the systems outlined in the Information Sheets are for systems that are no longer approved to be installed and are a reference for people with existing systems only. 

For a current list of Approved System Types please refer to EPA Victoria's list of Valid onsite wastewater treatment system certificate holders.

 

 

 Septic Tank with Absorption Trenches(PDF, 4MB) 
 Wastewater Treatment Plants(PDF, 2MB)
 Septic Tank with Sand Filter(PDF, 1MB)
 Septic Tank with Reed Bed(PDF, 1MB)
 Split Systems(PDF, 2MB)
 Common Disposal Methods(PDF, 4MB)
 In-situ and Other Historic Septic Tank Systems(PDF, 4MB)
 Licensed Plumbing Practitioners' Responsibilities(PDF, 2MB)
 Service Agents' Responsibilities(PDF, 1MB)
 Septic Information for Land Owners(PDF, 3MB)
 Septic Information for Home owners and Renters(PDF, 2MB)

 

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Council office location

Our Council is located at:
5 Lawrence Street    
BEAUFORT   VIC   3373
Phone: 1300 PYRENEES (1300 797 363) 
Fax: (03) 5349 2068
Email: pyrenees@pyrenees.vic.gov.au

Indigenous Acknowledgement

We acknowledge the people past and present of the Wadawurrung, Dja Dja Wurrung, Eastern Maar, and Wotjobaluk tribes whose land forms the Pyrenees Shire. We pay our respect to the customs, traditions and stewardship of the land by the elders and people of these tribes on whose land we meet today.

 

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