Updated: March 2022
A large parcel of land east of Alexanders Road in Morwell
will be the location for a future large industrial park. The development will
cater to a range of sectors including food and fibre, manufacturing, heavy
industry and other auxiliary services.
Morwell has long supported a range of large industries, and
this precinct (approx. 280 hectares in total), is ideally located close to a
range of other established supporting industries. In addition to large parcels
of suitably zoned land, supporting infrastructure including water, sewer, and
electricity connections can be supported at this location.
We’re working with the Victorian Government, Latrobe Valley
Authority (LVA), Latrobe City Council and VicRoads to promote economic growth
and create jobs in the region. A critical component of this work is the
provision of January 2022 infrastructure to attract and support businesses looking
to operate in the region.
The 2021-22 Victorian budget allocated $10 million for the
Morwell Industrial Park to facilitate greater water and energy demands – creating
the conditions for businesses to invest with confidence.
The funding will assist with the delivery of vital
construction upgrades such as the connection of power, water and sewage along with
building better access to the site to facilitate the movement of heavy vehicles
and manufacturing equipment.
This page outlines our capacity to support industry in this area including an assessment of available water both potable and raw, and our wastewater treatment capacity. If you’d like to discuss how our services can support your initiatives, please email our Business Transformation team at businessenquiries@gippswater.com.au
Download the Morwell Industrial Park fact sheet (PDF).
Location of proposed Morwell Industrial Park (includes current zoning and potential zoning to the north and east).
the north and east).
Methodology
We held a series of internal workshops to assess the
capacity of the existing system as well as other constraints and opportunities
that could impact the proposed Morwell Industrial Park.
Workshops focussed on:
Examples of what makes up a small, medium and high volume customers are explained below.
*Assuming 4 lots per hectare
*Assuming 4 lots per hectare
Vision and strategy
Our
key principles and strategy for developing the Morwell Industrial Park are:
Available capacity
Available
capacity (subject to conditions) for the development of Morwell Industrial Park
include:
Opportunities
There
are a number of opportunities for the Morwell Industrial Park:
Assumptions
In
making this assessment, we have assumed:
Based on medium customer type. Figures are estimates only.
We’ve workshopped various options looking at
upper limits for servicing capacity and identifying trigger points where larger
network upgrades might be required.
The Morwell Industrial Park includes a total
of 280 hectares of land to the north and east of the existing zoned land. The
percentage of total land that can be serviced is highly dependent on the
proposed water demands and sewer loadings and the costings are very
preliminary. We’d be happy to discuss and provide more specific servicing
advice.
We identified three options based on the
medium customer type. The tables show the required investment for each option
and the level of service, employment prospects and town growth that can be
achieved.
Option 1
Option 1 involves installation of a new sewer
pump station, small emergency storage, rising main, trunk sewer mains and water
mains. This options would supply 30% of the total park - e.g. 280 hectares.
This would be a significant portion of the currently zoned land. This would
cost about $6M.
Option 2
Option 2 involves option 1, plus significant upgrade to the
water factory and the construction of the new Morwell water treatment plant and
associated pipework. This options would be triggered at 30%-35% of the entire
park. This is equivalent to 2.5-3.0ML/day. This would cost about $200M.
Option 3
Option 3 involves options 1 and 2, and an increase to
emergency storage at the sewer pump station site and other associated works.
This option would be triggered at 50% of the park and would cost about $220M.
We’ve developed infrastructure servicing plans and are ready to discuss servicing arrangements.