Eurobodalla Integrated Water Cycle Management Strategy

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Eurobodalla Integrated Water Cycle Management Strategy
Integrated solutions that closely match community wants and expectations.
Economic Outcomes
The savings have been achieved due to the application of the IWCM process that enabled
scheme components to be ‘right’ sized and optimised. From the table it could be seen that
the greater the integration of the water sources the greater the economic saving with higher
environmental and social outcomes
The recommended scenario, Scenario 5, is 36% cheaper in terms of present value than the
tradition solution (Section 10). It results in a saving of $273 in a typical rate bill compared
with the traditional option Moreover the integrated scenarios deliver significantly more
environmental, social and resource sustainability benefits.
To realise and sustain these outcomes Council requires both physical assets and nonstructural
solutions. The non-structural solutions include:
Coordinated data and asset management systems
Common water fund and appropriate pricing policies
Environmental, OH&S and public health monitoring programs and systems
Although this strategy has been developed for a planning period of 30 years, the strategy
review cycle should be every 5 years and not greater than 10 years.