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| Clarence recycled water scheme extended to Seven Mile Beach |
CLARENCE City Council has opened a significant extension to the Clarence recycled water scheme which will service a number of intensive users of irrigation in Cambridge and Seven Mile Beach.
End users of the extension include Westland Nurseries and the Llanherne, Royal Hobart and Tasmania Golf Clubs. End users of the extension at the official opening, from left, Richard Skeggs general manager of Tasmania Golf Club; Phil Jackman, general manager of Royal Hobart Golf Club; Tony Van Der Staay, of Westlands Nursery; and Luppo Prins who is president of Llanherne Golf Club. Clarence Mayor Jock Campbell said the extension of recycled water to these intensive users would significantly reduce their spending on water and will free up a capacity in the drinking water pipeline to Sorell and Midway Point. The water resource will also facilitate the expansion of the horticulture industry. “The Cambridge and Seven Mile Beach areas are typical of many Australian coastal communities with low rainfall, high evaporation and distinctive environmental values,” Ald Campbell said. “Both areas are currently experiencing strong growth in population and attracting new industrial and commercial development. “Council is dedicated to supporting growth in these areas and this project will enable this while addressing two of Australia’s most pressing issues – water conservation and pollution reduction. “When the Cambridge waste water treatment plant comes on line in 2008, a further 300 megalitres per annum of tertiary treated waste water will become available. “Coupled with the existing output of the Rosny waste water treatment plant, a potential 3000 Olympic pools* of treated wastewater will become available to irrigators each year and be kept out of the Derwent River, Coal River and Pittwater systems. The recycled water resource will ensure that golf courses already ranked within Australia’s top 100 golf courses can maintain that position and continue to attract national golfing events to Tasmania. “Council looks forward to the continued growth of the scheme, which will provide long-term benefits to Clarence and southern Tasmania,” Ald Campbell said. The Coal River recycled water scheme had its origins in 1995 when the Clarence City Council undertook a review of its sewerage treatment and disposal options across the municipality. The scheme supplied 623 megalitres of recycled water in the 2006/2007 financial year. Clarence City Council secured funding of $330,000 for the scheme’s extension to Seven Mile Beach through the Federal Government’s regional partnerships program. Council and a consortium of the nursery and golf clubs contributed the balance of the cost. * An Olympic swimming pool contains one (1) megalitre of water
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