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Council advertises groundwater plans

Gosford Council has formally advertised its planned construction of a water treatment plant to be located at the Woy Woy Council Depot.

The plans for the development, which would supplement current water supplies with groundwater, were advertised from July 5 to 19.

The proposed building is expected to cost $500,000 as part of a total expenditure of $8.2 million on the groundwater project.

The plant would treat water from 14 bores on the Peninsula, seven at Woy Woy and another seven at Umina Beach.

A development application stated that a "groundwater project identified locations where groundwater could be acquired and used for potable application after treatment".

"Hydrological pump tests show that the harvesting at or less than sustainable yields for each bore can provide useful quantities for treatment."

The proposed pumps would be installed at depths from 18 metres to 25 metres.

Groundwater would be piped from the bores to the proposed treatment plant by buried pipes.

The proposed water treatment for the groundwater would differ from conventional processes used for treating surface water.

It would include functions such as oxidation of iron and manganese, filtration, and disinfection by a chlorine compound that allows residual chlorine in the potable water.

Tests had indicated varying amounts of iron and manganese and total dissolved solids in the bore waters.

The plant building itself would be from six to eight metres high with expected dimensions of 23 metres by 10 metres.

The walls would be steel clad with dark green finish, and no windows fronting Ocean Beach Rd.

External features of the plant building would include a clear water storage holding tank, enhanced coagulation and oxidation tanks and seven chemical storage tanks.



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