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Collapse Issue 430 - 16 Oct 2017Issue 430 - 16 Oct 2017
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Grant to continue waterway cleaning
Committee calls for marketing for the Peninsula
Community plan organisation to incorporate
Beaches given a good rating
Peninsula unrepresented on key council committees
Look at alternatives to rail crossing, says chamber
Shopping centre plans fall foul of amalgamation
Call for MP and council to work on coastal management
Mayor's allowance set at $113,280
Rotary club plans youth charity ball
Landcare volunteers visit Rileys Island
Fairhaven looks for bingo volunteers
Rotary holds graffiti removal day
Libraries close for upgrades
Oyster Festival to include art exhibition
Open day at community garden
Alleged murderer dies in custody
Community day
Uniting Church spring fair
Equality supporters meet at Ettalong
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Law says waterways responsibility is with Minister
We like it the way it is
Getting the word out
Many have moved here to escape congestion
Infrastructure must come before change
Letter is excellent example of good citizenry
Club acknowledges public-spirited residents
Let's plan an educated future
Shopfronts need a blast
Do councillors visit Woy Woy?
'Emergency dredging' is a joke
Full review needed before rezoning
Development priority will not convince new council
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Bowling clubs present cheque to Health District
Free hearing tests offered in Woy Woy
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Jimmy Barnes comes to Umina for second book signing
Artists exhibit at Wagstaffe hall
Crafts centre holds annual art show
Mongolian music at folk club
Retirement village choir to raise funds for album
Lifesaver publishes children's book about beach safety
Scammers target Patonga artist
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Children's author to visit Umina
Pretty Beach wins council environment award
Students visit reptile park
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Volunteers wanted by disabled surfers association
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Champion at body-building nationals
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Umina minor pairs final
Twells takes out singles championship
Woy Woy Rugby Union club presents awards

Beaches given a good rating

Ocean and Umina Beaches were given a clean bill of health in the annual NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Beachwater Report.

Pearl Beach rockpool also received a good rating.

The report grades beaches (open and estuarine), lakes, lagoons and other swimming sites on a metric of very poor, poor, fair, good and very good.

Umina, Ocean, Killcare and Pearl Beaches all returned a rating of good.

Patonga Creek, the Ettalong Channel, Pretty Beach Baths and Woy Woy Baths were all rated as poor.

"Recreational water quality has been monitored in NSW by the Office of Environment and Heritage's Beachwatch Program since 1989, and in partnership with coastal councils since 2002 under the Beachwatch Partnership Program," the report said.

According to the report, rainfall and water movements were the major factors that determined the results.

"Rainfall is the major driver of pollution to recreational waters, generating stormwater runoff and triggering discharges from the wastewater treatment and transport systems," it said.





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