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Broadwater Sewerage Scheme

This page relates to the Broadwater Sewerage Scheme.  Click on the below links to take you to the relevant documentation.

Community Information

Council has committed to the Broadwater community to providing updates on the progress of the sewerage scheme.  Below are summaries of community meetings and information leaflets provided to residents. 

September 2011
Community Newsletter 		Community Newsletter (PDF)
(approximate file size:  64 KB)
May 2011
Community Information Session 		Community Information Session (PDF)
(approximate file size: 3.07MB)
March 2011
Community Newsletter 		Community Newsletter (PDF)
(approximate file size: 67KB)
August 2010
Community Newsletter		 Community Newsletter (PDF)
(approximate file size: 67KB)
February 2010
Community Newsletter 		Community Newsletter (PDF)
(approximate file size: 67KB)
October 2009
Community Newsletter 		Community Newsletter (PDF)
(approximate file size: 30KB)
July 2009
Community Newsletter 		Community Newsletter (PDF)
(approximate file size: 56KB)
June 2009
Community Information Session		 Summary of Community Information Session (PDF)
(approximate file size: 65KB)
October 2008
Community Newsletter 		Community Newsletter (PDF)
(approximate file size: 48KB)
July 2007
Community Information Session		 Community Presentation (PDF)
(approximate file size: 1.7MB)
June 2007
Community Newsletter		 Community Newsletter (PDF)
(approximate file size: 90KB)
January 2007
Community Newsletter		 Community Newsletter (PDF)
(approximate file size:  256KB)
November 2006
Community Information Session		 Community Presentation (PDF)
(approximate file size: 195KB)
Answers to Community Questions (PDF)
(approximate file size:  95KB)

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Policy Documents

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General Information

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History

Up until mid 2001, Council and a community committee were investigating the options for a Wastewater Management Strategy for Broadwater to service the current population of approximately 550 people, plus an allowance for expansion.

This resulted in a report titled "Broadwater Wastewater Management Strategies" which was completed in January 2001.

Broadwater Wastewater Management Strategies Report (Please contact Council's Water Sewer Administration Assistant - Charlene Reeves by telephoning 02 6660 0267, should you wish to view this report).

Council commissioned a report which compared the various collection and transport options for Broadwater sewage. These are:

  • Conventional gravity system
  • Modified gravity system
  • Low pressure pumping (grinder pump) system
  • Vacuum system

Broadwater Wastewater Management Strategy - Assessment of wastewater collection and transportation options for the town of Broadwater - September 2006 (PDF)
(approximate file size:  4.27MB)

Council staff inspected a number of local pressure pumping systems and vacuum systems. Council adopted the Pressure Sewerage System in October 2006.

In April 2007 Council adoped the Broadwater Protocol, which is a document outlining the responsibilities and requirements for the pressure sewerage system in Broadwater.  This document was based on the Wagga Wagga protocol, which is now outdated.  With the development of pressure sewerage systems in Australia, the industry has gone away from this style of document as it tried to address all of the functions associated with pressure sewerage sytems in the one document.

As a result, a new Policy for Pressure Sewerage Systems has been developed which is also supported by other documents.  **See Section on Policy documents (Pressure Sewerage - Policy).

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Scheme Development

Council engaged a consultant, GHD, to carry out the design of the Broadwater Sewerage Scheme in 2007.  GHD based their detailed design on the "Broadwater Sewerage Scheme Detailed Design - Design Options Report - May 2007".

The Review of Environmental Factors (REF) for the scheme was completed by Council's consultant, Landpartners, in November 2008.

The REF was updated in May 2011 due to design changes to the rising main pipeline route and transfer pump station.

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Council Reports

There have been numerous reports submitted to Council Meetings, recent reports can be found on the Council Meetings page.

Broadwater Sewerage reports to Council include: 

July 2011 Item 12.7
February 2011 Item 12.11
December 2010 Item 12.13
July 2010 Item 12.25
August 2009 Item 12.9
July 2009 Item 12.12
December 2008 Item 12.13
October 2008 Item 12.8
July 2008 Item 11.9
May 2008 Item 11.3
February 2008 Item 12.14
December 2007 Item 12.6
November 2007 Item 12.13
October 2007 Item 37
September 2007 Item 35
August 2007 Item 8
July 2007 Item 6
June 2007 Item 49
May 2007 Item 45
April 2007 Item 17
February 2007 Item 61

 

If you have any questions, please contact Council on telephone: (02) 6660 0300, or email council@richmondvalley.nsw.gov.au.