Innovation with Water @ Shire of Augusta Margaret River

innovation with water

Wayne Prangnell

IPWEA State Conference March 2009

innovation treating water

P&G and Drainage collaboration - You won’t find this in an engineering catalogue

innovation managing stormwater

Stormwater Management

innovation recycling water

10 Mile Brook Dam

Margaret River Pump Back

WTP

Woodlot Irrigation

450ML Effluent Dam

WWTP

wastewater treatment• 350 megalitres p.a. treated water

• Holding dam with 450 megalitre capacity

treated water disposal• Existing pumps, filters and chlorination system

• Trickle irrigation disposal in pine plantation

innovation in water servicing

Water Corp centralised planning

33km water mains33km sewer mainspumpsextraction from natural source

Witchcliffe

800 new lots

3 Landowners

Limited existing houses

No water or sewer to townsite

Witchcliffe

• •Onsite rainwater collection

•Village Waste Water Treatment Plant

•Recycled water supply from WWTP (non potable)

•Trickle main backup supply – higher density houses, establishment and security

•Infiltration gallery from localised surface aquifers for park irrigation

•Storage ???

GracetownGracetown• 140 new lots• Household rainwater tanks• Village WWTP• Recycled water services• Improve groundwater quality• Renewable energy

• EOI for water service provider

• United Utilities selected

• wholly private owned and run services

• service providers licensed by ERA

• First new licensed provider in WAsince ERA established

• Developer and United Utilities working together on system design

innovation over water

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