Construction of the Goulburn Reuse Irrigation Scheme is moving into the next phase, with irrigation projects beginning around the city to ensure the improvement of our parks, gardens and sporting fields.
The $8.8 million project has been jointly funded by Goulburn Mulwaree Council ($4.4m) and the Federal Government through the Building Better Regions Fund ($4.4m). It allows Council to supply piped recycled effluent around the City for irrigation purposes, which will save water use and achieve brilliant environmental outcomes.
Federal Member for Hume Angus Taylor said the opportunity to reuse water to green our sporting fields and parks is an extremely exciting one for Goulburn.
"This will be a major piece of infrastructure which the Goulburn community will benefit from for years to come.
Mayor Peter Walker said: "This project has been a long term vision of Council, which was enabled through the upgrade of our Wastewater Treatment Plant. It will be an amazing piece of infrastructure for our City, which will improve our ability to keep sporting fields in use during drought."
"The reuse scheme also means that we can save water generally, which is very important as our City's population continues to grow and we need to service more households."
Irrigation at Hudson Park and North Park is the focus over the coming weeks, with this to be installed and then the fields to be restored to get them up to scratch for playing seasons during winter.
Carr Confoy Sporting Fields will be one of the next locations to have irrigation installed over the coming months, and Council will be working closely with the winter users of this facility regarding the timing and sequencing of these works.
Key locations to be serviced by the Goulburn water reuse scheme include Carr Confoy Sporting Fields, Cookbundoon Sporting Fields, Hudson Park, Goulburn Recreation Area, Goulburn Golf Club, Victoria Park and Eastgrove South Sporting Fields.
The system will have capacity to be expanded in the future to provide treated effluent for industrial uses, creating the potential to attract high demand water industries to Goulburn, opening up a new stream of economic development.
