Groups receive water grants

Umina Surf Life Saving Club, Brisbane Water Secondary College and the Mingaletta Corporation will all receive Federal funds for projects to conserve water

Gosford Council will also received funding for a project at Umina Beach.

The Council has been given $40,000.04 to save water at Umina Beach by inserting foam into the sandy soil of the sports field to reduce water drainage.

The foam will trap water and save around eight megalitres of water a year.

Umina Surf Life Saving Club will receive $42,759 to recycle greywater.

Water from the showers will be treated and reused in the wash down bay, saving seven megalitres of water per year.

Brisbane Water Secondary College will receive $46,094 to install slow flow devices, dual flush toilets and waterless urinals.

A tank will also collect rainwater for toilet flushing.

The project is expected to save 460,190 litres of water a year.

The Mingaletta Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Corporation will receive $49,723 to install tanks to store harvested water which will be used to irrigate the agricultural education facility.

The project is expected to save 1.5 megalitres of water per year.

The Umina campus will also receive $49,871.54 for the installation of rainwater tanks.

The collected water will be used to irrigate the school farm.

The irrigation system will also be upgraded to increase efficiency.

The project is also expected to save 1.5 megalitres of water per year.

Member for Robertson Mr Jim Lloyd announced the grants recently, acknowledging "the water crisis on the Central Coast is without a doubt the most serious issue currently facing our community".

"All levels of Government need to work together to ensure everything is being done to secure our water supplies - there is simply no point in attempted political point scoring on this issue.

Mr Lloyd said that the next round of Community Water Grants will open early next year.

"I encourage all community groups to take part in the next round and contribute to the conservation of our precious water supply."

Press release, December 1 Jim Lloyd, Member for Robertson