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Water
Walgett Shire Council, as water provider for the Walgett Shire area, is responsible for the provision of drinking water and water for other uses to the developed areas of the Shire. The population centres of the shire are wide apart and varied in nature. Each location has varied requirements and types of supply. Lightning Ridge is supplied by a single hot bore water supply, which supplies all of the town's requirements. A separate, self contained bore system supplies the famous Lightning Ridge Bore Baths and Miners Puddling Dams. Walgett filtered water supply is drawn from the weir in the Namoi River. The Barwon river weir supplies the town's unfiltered water supply. Both supplies can be supplemented from the bore that services the Walgett Bore Bath. Collarenebri draws all of its water from a weir located in the Barwon river. This supplies both a filtered and unfiltered supply to town residences. Carinda and Rowena are each supplied by an artesian bore supply. Water Service Metering and Consumption Based Water Charges - Published: 30 Apr 2007Under the National Water Initiative and the National Competition Policy, Council is required to act to encourage effective and efficient delivery of water supplies and promote sustainable water conservation practices across the Shire. Under the Local Government Act 1993 (NSW), Council is entitled to charge for the provision of water services to recover the cost of provision of the same services. Consumption based water tariffs are generally held to be the fairest method of encouraging efficient water use as users are only charged for the water they actually use, as well as being an approved way to recover water resource management costs. In order to fairly and legally charge consumption based water tariffs, council must install approved water meters on all connections to town water supplies. more .. Water Restrictions - Published: 17 Oct 2006 As part of its Water Conservation strategy, Walgett Shire Council periodically imposes water restrictions of varying levels on town & village water supplies. more .. Water Conservation - Published: 17 Oct 2006 Walgett Shire Council, as a member of the Savewater! Alliance has a number of strategies in place to encourage the conservation of water throughout the Shire more .. |
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