Eurobodalla Integrated Water Cycle Management Strategy

Eurobodalla Integrated Water Cycle Management Strategy
Improved management of existing on-site wastewater systems in the villages
resulting in lower environmental public health risk and improved sustainability of
local aquifers.
Reduces greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption.
Streamlined subsequent facility specific environmental impact assessments,
reducing study times and costs.
13.1.3 Social Outcomes
The IWCM process and the water cycle management options contained in this strategy will
deliver the following social outcomes.
Reduced costs for village schemes through improved management of existing onsite
systems, and through supplementation rather than replacement of existing
water supply and wastewater infrastructure.
Improved water supply drought security and reliability of supply through increased
delivery capacity and faster refilling of the Deep Creek storage.
Improved water quality and public health protection for regional water supply
consumers through the construction of water filtration plants.
Existing deficiencies in the levels of service to consumers have been addressed.
In some integrated options there is an opportunity for further savings by deferring
the need for a southern dam beyond the adopted 30 year planning horizon by using
reclaimed water to meet environmental flow needs.
Provision of backyard supply sources provides customer with supply source choice
and an appreciation of their water use pattern resulting in lower water use in the
long term.
The comprehensive demand management program in addition to delivering savings
in water bills will also result in electricity savings.
Integrated solutions that closely match community wants and expectations.
13.2 How to Realise and Sustain the Outcomes
Sustaining the outcomes of this study requires both structural and non-structural solutions.
The structural solutions refer to physical assets and the non-structural solutions encompass
the internal processes that support and monitor the performance of the water utility
business and its assets. This study has identified that many of Council’s internal process
are either absent or are lacking in clarity and detail. One important outcome from the
development of this study has been the implementation of simple frameworks and systems
to capture data and information. For example linking meter readings to the GIS has allowed
easy evaluation of the quantity of water used within the Shire.
It is important that these frameworks and systems be further developed, adequately
resourced and kept up to date, such that future assessment and review of this strategy can
be undertaken at minimal cost and timeframe. Capturing data and information in a
systematic way is also essential in determining how effective the adopted integrated options
are performing, and an important step in assessing whether the identified issues in
Eurobodalla are fixed.
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