The 2025 Kalgoorlie-Boulder Racing Club season is at risk due to a lack of recycled water for irrigation. A deal with a rare earth mining company has left the city's wastewater treatment plant unable to fulfill its water supply contract with the club.
Water shortages mean the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Racing Club's 2025 season is unlikely to go ahead. The racing industry is worth $55 million a year to the local economy, most of which is generated by the club. One of Western Australia's biggest provincial racing clubs is on the brink of disaster, with its 2025 season likely to be abandoned due to a lack of recycled water to irrigate its turf racetrack.
The Kalgoorlie-Boulder Racing Club has relied on recycled water from the local government for decades to keep its track green, in contrast to the red dirt that surrounds the historic mining city, 600km east of Perth. The local racing season runs from March to October, culminating the Kalgoorlie Cup — one of the biggest regional events in WA.WA Premier Roger Cook was trackside at October's Kalgoorlie Cup to announce a $1 million slot race to boost tourism during the 2025 Race Round. However, that is now in doubt as the local council is no longer able to maintain supply from its wastewater treatment plant, due to contractual arrangements with ASX-listed miner Lynas Rare Earths. In 2021, the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder struck a deal to supply Lynas with 1.7 gigalitres of recycled water a year for its newly-opened $800 million refinery based in West Kalgoorlie. Lynas has told the city it will require its full quota of water for 2025, leaving sporting facilities like the Kalgoorlie racecourse facing a significant shortage. A crisis meeting was held on Tuesday with officials from Racing and Wagering WA, the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, the state government and local mining companies, but they were unable to find a solution
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