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WA

TER

P

IPEL

INE

PR

OJE

CT

Info

rma

tion

for

Mu

rru

run

di a

nd

B

lan

dfo

rd R

esi

de

nts

OU

T-5

404/

19

THE

WA

TER

PIP

ELIN

E IS

C

OM

ING

!Th

e co

mpl

etio

n of

the

Scon

e to

Mur

ruru

ndi

Pipe

line

will

brin

g m

uch

need

ed w

ater

to th

e co

mm

unity

of M

urru

rund

i with

the

next

sta

ge o

f the

pr

ojec

t pro

vidi

ng re

ticul

ated

wat

er to

the

villa

ges

of B

land

ford

, Win

gen

and

Park

ville

.

Det

aile

d de

sign

of t

he p

ipel

ine

is a

lmos

t com

plet

e,

with

con

stru

ctio

n to

com

men

ce w

ithin

the

next

co

uple

of m

onth

s.

The

pipe

line

will

follo

w th

e al

ignm

ent s

how

n by

th

e pi

nk li

ne o

n th

e pl

an o

ver t

he p

age.

Fro

m a

ne

w re

serv

oir n

ear t

he m

onum

ent o

n th

e to

p of

th

e W

arla

nds

Rang

e it

will

run

dow

n th

e hi

ll vi

a th

e O

ld H

ighw

ay R

oad

and

turn

the

corn

er in

to W

hite

St

reet

nea

r the

railw

ay c

ross

ing.

It tr

avel

s al

ong

Whi

te S

tree

t whe

re it

leav

es B

land

ford

via

the

Stoc

k Ro

ute

Road

.

The

pipe

line

will

be

laid

in a

tren

ch, s

urro

unde

d by

be

ddin

g sa

nd, a

nd th

en c

over

ed w

ith th

e m

ater

ial

that

was

dug

out

of t

he tr

ench

. D

epth

of c

over

to

the

pipe

line

will

be

betw

een

60

0m

m a

nd 9

00

mm

.

Air

valv

es w

ill b

e lo

cate

d on

the

high

poi

nts

to

allo

w tr

appe

d ai

r to

esca

pe, w

hile

sco

ur v

alve

s w

ill b

e at

the

low

poi

nts

to a

llow

fl us

hing

. Th

ese

valv

es w

ill b

e in

con

cret

e pi

ts w

ith li

ds.

The

pipe

line

is d

ue to

be

com

plet

ed in

mid

20

20

and

it is

ant

icip

ated

that

a n

ew, l

arge

r res

ervo

ir fo

r M

urru

rund

i will

be

built

soo

n af

ter.

The

pipe

line

desi

gn a

llow

s fo

r drin

king

wat

er

retic

ulat

ion

and

addi

tiona

l res

ervo

irs fo

r the

vi

llage

s of

Bla

ndfo

rd, W

inge

n an

d Pa

rkvi

lle to

be

cons

truc

ted

in th

e fu

ture

, and

Cou

ncil

has

been

pu

rsui

ng th

e co

nnec

tion

of th

ese

villa

ges

as a

hig

h pr

iorit

y.

Con

tinue

d...

Con

tinue

d...

Cou

ncil

has

rece

ived

con

fi rm

atio

n of

a fu

rthe

r 6

0 p

er c

ent o

f $4,

444,

00

0 g

rant

sub

sidy

from

th

e N

SW G

over

nmen

t’s S

afe

and

Secu

re W

ater

Pr

ogra

m to

ass

ist w

ith th

e de

liver

y of

wat

er s

uppl

y sy

stem

s fo

r Bla

ndfo

rd, W

inge

n an

d Pa

rkvi

lle a

nd

the

new

rese

rvoi

r for

Mur

ruru

ndi.

The

gran

t is

depe

nden

t on

the

subm

issi

on o

f a b

usin

ess

case

.

This

fund

ing

is in

add

ition

to th

e $

1,736

,00

0

alre

ady

allo

cate

d to

vill

age

retic

ulat

ion

and

rese

rvoi

rs fr

om th

e or

igin

al R

esta

rt N

SW G

rant

.

Wor

k ha

s st

arte

d on

defi

nin

g th

e re

ticul

atio

n zo

ne

for B

land

ford

tow

n w

ater

. C

once

pt d

esig

ns o

f di

ff ere

nt o

ptio

ns fo

r the

zon

e w

ill b

e pr

esen

ted

to

the

Bla

ndfo

rd c

omm

unity

for c

onsu

ltatio

n. T

his

will

gui

de w

hat w

ill b

e th

e fi n

al b

ound

arie

s of

the

Bla

ndfo

rd re

ticul

atio

n zo

ne.

The

goal

is to

hav

e th

e re

ticul

ated

wat

er s

yste

ms

in

the

villa

ges

avai

labl

e fo

r con

nect

ion

in 2

022

/20

23

afte

r the

com

plet

ion

of th

e pi

pelin

e to

Mur

ruru

ndi.

Resi

dent

s al

ong

the

pipe

line

rout

e be

twee

n B

land

ford

and

Mur

ruru

ndi t

hat a

re o

utsi

de th

e to

wn

and

villa

ge re

ticul

atio

n zo

nes

may

be

elig

ible

fo

r a ru

ral c

onne

ctio

n to

the

mai

n pi

pelin

e. P

leas

e co

ntac

t Cou

ncil

for m

ore

info

rmat

ion

on 6

540

110

0

or c

ounc

il@up

perh

unte

r.nsw

.gov

.au

The

pipe

line

proj

ect i

s es

timat

ed to

cos

t $14

.2

mill

ion,

with

ove

r $13

mill

ion

in fu

ndin

g pr

ovid

ed

by th

e N

SW G

over

nmen

t’s R

esta

rt N

SW W

ater

Se

curit

y fo

r Reg

ions

pro

gram

. The

rem

aind

er o

f th

e pr

ojec

t fun

ding

is p

rovi

ded

by C

ounc

il.

FOR

MO

RE

INFO

RM

ATI

ON

U

pper

Hun

ter

Shire

Cou

ncil

Phon

e 0

2 6

540

110

0Em

ail

coun

cil@

uppe

rhun

ter.n

sw.g

ov.a

uW

eb

uppe

rhun

ter.n

sw.gov

.au

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