Adelaide homeowner takes City of Onkaparinga to court over leaking sewer pipe on its land

The pipe goes from Kelvin Rundle's property, onto the City of Onkaparinga's, and then across a bridge to the rest of Adelaide's sewerage system. (ABC News: Carl Saville)

When Kelvin Rundle bought his house in the southern Adelaide suburb of Coromandel Valley, he was looking forward to settling back into his hometown and starting a family with his partner after previously living interstate.

The property his house sits on has a sewer pipe leading from it into a council park, but his conveyancer said the problem should not be hard to solve since it was the council's issue to fix.