Eurobodalla Pipeline and Water Treatment Facilities
Eurobodalla, NSW
Total funding: Approximately $50 million, with $15 million from the Australian Government, $32.6 million from the Eurobodalla Shire Council and approximately $2.4 million from the NSW Government's Country Towns Water Supply and Sewerage Program.
About the project
The project will enable implementation of a key component of the Eurobodalla Shire Councils award winning Integrated Water Cycle Management Strategy. It involves the construction of a 30 km pipeline, pump stations and a new treatment facility. The dedicated pipeline will harvest water from source rivers, such as the Moruya River, during periods of high flow, for storage in the Deep Creek Dam. This will enable the faster refilling of the Dam, providing drought security and improved reliability of supply for the Eurobodalla Shire. A water treatment facility will improve the quality of water supply for the residents of the Shire.
Project benefits
The project will:
- protect low environmental flows in the Moruya River by extracting and storing larger volumes of water only during higher river flows
- increase security of supply for the Eurobodalla shire for the next 30 years, and
- improve the quality of the water supplied to Eurobodalla residents.
The project advances the National Water Initiative outcome of encouraging innovation in water supply sourcing, treatment and discharge.
Progress
The pipeline to Deep Creek Dam has been completed. Construction of the treatment plant is expected to commence in late 2010.
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