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Working For You FLUSHING OUT MAINS COMES-UP CLEAN A dedicated water-flushing campaign by Cowra Council has seen a dramatic decrease in complaints about discoloured water from both residents and businesses. Council staff have been monitoring water quality closely and responding to complaints quickly with this effort rewarded with greatly-reduced numbers of complaints in recent years. “We’ve commenced flushing out the mains on a regular basis at this time of year to ensure that our chlorine levels comply with the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines,” Cowra Works Engineer — Water and Wastewater, Peter Ford said.
“With recent modifications at the water treatment plant along with focussed flushing campaigns, these results are paying big dividends, the aim is to continue to ensure that Council provides drinking water of the highest quality to our ratepayers and residents,” Cowra General Manager Paul Devery said. With the warmer months approaching Council would like to remind residents to report any discoloured water issues, so that incidents can be recorded and responded to. For any notifications, call Council on 6340 2070. Making a clean break, Ben Death flushing-out the mains in the village of Noonbinna. Council aims to complete this process fortnightly during the warmer months.
“We’re focussing on the ‘dead-ends’ to the water mains with particular emphasis on the village water supplies,” Peter explained. “We’ll carry this program out at two weekly intervals from now until at least March of next year,” he added.
“This ongoing initiative aims to earmark areas that need the most urgent work and fix them as a priority,” Cowra Works Engineer — Water and Wastewater, Peter Ford said. This work recently involved Council staff laying about 1.8 kilometres of 150mm ductile (cast iron) water mains in the Crowther area.The work included water crew members working with the Roads Construction crew team to lay the pipes. A Council team this week also replaced an old section of water main in Redfern Street during a driveway upgrade for a local business. “This replacement work ensures that there won’t be a breakage in the near future requiring major intrusive excavation of the soon-to-be completed driveway,” Peter explained.
A Council team this week replacing an old section of watermains in Redfern Street during a driveway upgrade for a local business.
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WATER PLANT UPGRADE KEEPING IT CLEAN Cowra Council’s recently-completed a $4 million upgrade of Cowra’s Water Treatment Plant has led to improved water quality for Cowra and increased efficiency of operations for Council. “The upgrade has also ensured that Council continues to meet the benchmark water-qaulity standards of the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines,” Council Director — Infrastructure and Operations, George Ridley said. “The work involved replacing our settling tubes, installation of a fully-automated vacuum system to remove sediment form the bottom of the settling tanks, and installation of a new filter system,” George added. The plant control systems are now automated and the treatment plant can be operated remotely. The upgrade has made the plant more reliable, cheaper to run, and able to work at 100 per cent capacity for longer periods. “This upgrade was a long-term goal of Council and is another example of our commitment to infrastructure development and capacity-building in our capital works program,” Cowra General Manager, Paul Devery said.
WATER MAINS REPLACEMENT KEEPING AHEAD OF BREAKAGES Cowra Council has embarked on an ambitious program to identify sections of old water main that need replacing before they become a major problem.
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For more information, call Council on 6340 2070.
Council has budgeted during the 2016/2017 financial year for nearly $237,000 for water main replacement in the Shire with $150,000 for general mains replacement/ renewal and a further $60,000 for Billimari village and $26,624 for Woodstock. “We’re now in the design stages for replacement of troublesome sections of main in Cowra after having completing the removal of ‘dead-ends’ in Wattamondara and Koorawatha and the replacement of four kilometres water main in the village of Woodstock,” Peter said. “This work is part of the large capital investment that Council has made to ensure that we continue to improve both the infrastructure of the system and its reliability,” Cowra General Manager Paul Devery said. For more information, call Council on 6340 2070.
Cowra Council’s David Porter working on a new section of water mains in Redfern Street.
Council staff laying about 1.8 kilometres of 150mm ductile (cast iron) water mains in the Crowther area.
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Recently-completed $4 million upgrade of Cowra’s Water Treatment Plant has led to improved water quality for Cowra and increased efficiency of operations for Council.
Cowra Council Director — Infrastructure and Operations, George Ridley and water treatment plant Senior Operator, Ken Keliher recently starring in a Landline television report on clean water initiatives at the facility. Cowra Shire Council Private Bag 342 Cowra NSW 2794 116 Kendal Street, Cowra, NSW 2794 Email: council@cowra.nsw.gov.au