Eurobodalla Integrated Water Cycle Management Strategy

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Eurobodalla Integrated Water Cycle Management Strategy
A more comprehensive list of the above concerns, wants and options is provided in
Appendix B, along with information showing where and how these concern wants and
options s have been addressed in this report.
3.1.5 Community Preferences
Table 3-1 below provides a summary of community preferences with respect to the future
management of their urban water cycle from the November 2001 meeting. The table also
provides the community’s expectations of each water cycle management option in terms of
social and environmental outcomes. Appendix B contains the outcomes of the first round of
community consultation.
Table 3-1 Community Expectations
Community Expectations
Issue Option
Social Environmental
Increase our stored water (bigger dam) 1 1
Improve our water quality (treatment
plants)
3 1
Reliable
Water Supply
Healthy
Waterways
Saving water (demand management) 3 3
Recycling water you have already used
(effluent and stormwater reuse)
Capturing your water needs locally
(rainwater harvesting)
3 2
3 3
Using ocean water (desalination) 3 1
Using recycled groundwater (effluent
recharge of aquifer)
3 2
Water sensitive urban design 3 3
Non-structural stormwater 3 2
Improved treatment 3 2
Sewage system integrity 3 3
Planning 3 3
Returned flows 3 2
Environmental flows (leaving water in
the river)
3 2
Education 3 3
Scale: High = 3, Medium = 2, Low = 1
3.2 Community Feedback
The approach adopted by Council top gain community feedback on the options was to have
a series of information sessions and then to publicly display a summary document for
residents to submit comments. The community information sessions were held in Narooma,
Batemans Bay and Moruya. The last date receive comments was 15 th February 2003.
Appendix B contains the community feedback received and the responses to it.