Across New South Wales, towns are investing in wastewater recycling schemes to improve water efficiency in anticipation of the next drought.
Across New South Wales, councils have spent millions of dollars to diversify their water sources in a bid to safeguard against future drought events.Across New South Wales councils are investing heavily in diversified water sources such as recycling to improve water securityAn expert says while water security has improved in recent years towns are still at risk of drought
In Goulburn in the Southern Tablelands, the council has installed an irrigation system that makes use of recycled sewage to irrigate parks and green spaces in a move to take pressure off the drinking supply. "Goulburn has traditionally struggled with water security issues, particularly during drought times.""So council had the foresight to look at the highest-quality possible [treatment plant] so we could use this effluent for industrial purposes or for reuse onto fields," she said.
Club president Mark Kelly said the system helped the club get through many dry times during the past two decades.During the last drought the council opened a $27 million sewage treatment plant to expand the reuse scheme, which so far has saved 185 megalitres of drinking water a year.The Parkes golf course has been using recycled water for more than 20 years.
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