The association met Queenstown Lakes District Council staff and Public Health South at the Cardrona Hotel on Tuesday night to discuss the norovirus outbreak in the township in August and September, blamed on waste water getting into water supplies.
The outbreak affected at least 53 people, including 15 to 20 Australian tourists.
Association chairman Sam Lee said yesterday the pipeline option appeared to be gaining momentum over other waste water disposal options being considered for Cardrona.
"But at the end of the day, the residents have to foot the bill."
The council has been consulting Cardrona residents over how to deal with waste water and is due to release costings for a community scheme soon.
Mr Lee said council staff agreed the pipeline idea should become part of the feasibility process.
"What we're hoping is the council will allocate the resources to push this through in the quickest time-frame possible." Mr Lee, who owns the Snow Park in the Cardrona Valley, expected the pipeline would be more viable if the skifields "tapped into" the scheme as well.
"The advantage is you create a large pool to pay for it."
He had already looked into the feasibility of piping waste water from the Snow Park to the valley floor.
While a 25km "gravity pressure pipe" from Cardrona to Wanaka would create some "engineering challenges", Mr Lee said council staff seemed confident they could overcome them. He believed a pipeline through the valley would increase its development potential by making waste water disposal less of a problem.
He hoped the norovirus outbreak had highlighted the need for urgency.
"As residents, we hope this lights the fire to make things move forward."
