Council invests $7.6m in water and sewage infrastructure upgrades
Fraser Coast Regional Council will invest $7.6 million in upgrades to its water and waste water network.
At its meeting today (Wednesday, November 25) Council approved three tenders for upgrades to the water and waste water treatment network.
The contracts include:
- Duplication of the water mains from the Burgowan Water Treatment Plant to the Takura Reservoir ($1,414,653);
- Design and build the Electrical, Instrumentation, Control and Automation systems at the Aubinville Sewage Treatment Plant ($2,251,341), and;
- Sewage Pumping Stations for Eli Waters and Howard ($3,995,526).
“The Burgowan-Takura pipeline duplication will improve our capacity to supply drinking water,” Cr Paul Truscott said.
The project received funding under the Queensland Government’s Local Government Grants and Subsidy Scheme.
It is anticipated that construction, to be undertaken by Council staff, will start in January and be completed by June, weather permitting.
“When completed, the new mains will increase our capacity to transfer water from the Burgowan Water Treatment Plant into the trunk water network that feeds Hervey Bay and surrounds,” Cr Truscott said.
“The duplication also improves our ability to supply water. If one system needs to be shut down we can maintain the water supply.”
Cr Paul Truscott said the revamp had modernised the plant and improved its reliability.
“The current project includes designing and installing the electrical systems to bring the new sections online, and allow the plant to be monitored and operated remotely if needed,” he said.
“The work to rebuild the plant has improved the quality of effluent and reduces odour as the aging equipment is replaced.
The $3.9 million project to install submersible sewage pumping stations, funded through the Queensland Government’s Building our Regions program, will boost the Eli Waters and Howard sewerage systems.
The pump is the final stage of a project to install a 6.5km sewer main linking the emerging Eli Waters and Dundowran communities to the Nikenbah Waste Water Treatment Plant.
The sewer main will service an additional 4,500 homes and businesses that will be built across the emerging Eli Waters and Dundowran communities.
The pumping station in Howard will transport raw sewage from the recently installed Steley Street to James Street gravity sewer main to the new treatment plant site via a recently constructed pressure main.
The works are part of a program to increase the sewage treatment and collection capacity for the commercial area in Howard township and a new RV and lifestyle resort proposed by AHC.
The sewage projects are being funded with almost $6.3 million from the Queensland Government’s Building our Regions program.