Coongulla Glenmaggie Sewerage Scheme

Water Act 1989

CENTRAL GIPPSLAND REGION WATER CORPORATION

(T/A GIPPSLAND WATER)

Proposed New Sewerage District at Coongulla and Glenmaggie

Notice is hereby given that, under the provisions of Section 122M of the Water Act 1989, Central Gippsland Region Water Corporation proposes to create a new Sewerage District at Coongulla and Glenmaggie to include parts of the townships of Coongulla and Glenmaggie in the Parish of Coongulla and Glenmaggie in the Wellington Shire.

The proposed new Sewerage District is required in anticipation of a wastewater collection scheme being implemented in the next twelve months.

Full details of the proposal and a copy of a plan showing the extent of the new Sewerage District are available for inspection, free of charge, at the office of Gippsland Water, Hazelwood Road, Traralgon, during office hours.

Members of the public are invited to make submissions on the proposal. Any person making an objection to the proposal should set out the grounds for any objections raised in the submission.

Submissions must be received by the Corporation by 23 January 2012 and should be addressed to Mr David Mawer, Managing Director,

Gippsland Water, PO. Box 348,Traralgon 3844.

All submissions received will be considered by Gippsland Water and forwarded to the Minister for Water.

The plans hereunder indicate the boundaries of the proposed new Sewerage District

Coongulla District Map.pdf Glenmaggie District Map.pdf

We have worked with Wellington Shire Council to conduct investigations into the best wastewater management system for Coongulla and Glenmaggie.

Along with our consultants, we completed an options study in 2009 which looked at a variety of wastewater management solutions for the two townships.

Five on-property and off-property wastewater management options were considered, with three options considered in detail. The results of this study pointed to a reticulated pressure grinder pump system as the preferred option.

This system involves installing underground pumping pits on each property, which sewage passes through before being transported through sewer mains to our wastewater treatment lagoons at Heyfield.

This is the preferred option because it provides the best outcome based on financial, environmental and socio-economic considerations. It is a cost effective option that uses proven technology, which is suited to these localities, and can be undertaken without significant risk.

After the project's scope and costs were determined, a fully-costed business case was presented to the Gippsland Water Board for consideration in mid-2010.

In September 2010, the Victorian Government approved the business case for the Coongulla Glenmaggie Sewerage Scheme. We are now undertaking detailed design work and will begin construction in 2011.