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Please assist Council's assessment of the sewerage service options in Ariah Park Village by taking a moment to answer 10 quick questions in the survey.
Paper copies of the survey can be collected from the Council office.
Survey link: www.surveymonkey.com/r/RVH5FS6
Background:
The village of Ariah Park is not serviced with a reticulated sewerage service. This community currently uses On-site Sewage Management Systems (OSSMS), such as conventional septic systems and aerated wastewater treatment systems (AWTS), to treat their sewage.
Councils are obligated to regulate the operation of these systems under the Local Government Act to ensure that their operations do not cause harm to people or the environment.
The background to the commencement of this report has been two reasons:
- Requests from members of the community of Ariah Park to investigate the potential for the provision of reticulated sewerage services to the village, which became a specific task for Council to compete under its Integrated Planning and Reporting framework.
- Direction by the NSW Government for Councils to implement best practice management frameworks in relation to sewer services.
Based on these objectives, Council facilitated the preparation of the Unserviced Villages Options Assessment by the Department of Regional NSW – Public Works Advisory.
The options assessment report details the evaluation of options for sewage collection and transfer, and also providing sewage treatment to Ariah Park village. In summary the options investigated are:
Option 1: Improving the performance of existing on-site systems
Option 2: Developing a town sewerage system – this is a combination of the following sub-options:
- Sewage collection and transfer sub-options
- Sewage treatment process and effluent management sub-options
Option 3: Transfer sewage to the Temora sewerage scheme
A community meeting was held with residents on Thursday 10 November 2022.
Note that reticulated sewerage systems are operated, maintained and replaced on a cost recovery basis and are therefore not subject to any rate capping.