Budget - Renewals funding for water and sewerage networks
Date published: 6 July 2016
Renewing mains, sewers and treatment plants in Townsville’s water and sewerage networks is a big priority in today’s City Budget 2016/17.
The budget allocates $18 million on sewerage infrastructure including rehabilitating sewers in older suburbs, and upgrades on treatment plants and pump stations.
An additional $17.6 million will be spent on upgrading mains and connections to improve water services.
The expenditure on the water and sewerage networks is in addition to key major infrastructure projects in the city’s big CBD Utilities Upgrade.
Water and Waste Committee chairman Cr Paul Jacob said water and sewerage infrastructure were an essential foundation for the city’s basic services.
“The budget includes funding for major new projects to support the city’s growth, but it’s important also to fund the on-going renewal and replacement of existing infrastructure to keep the city moving,” Cr Jacob said.
Water network
- $1.2M for rehabilitation of Dam infrastructure
- $1.5M for rehabilitation of water reservoirs
- $3.5M for rehabilitation of water services between mains and meters
- $4M for rehabilitation of small diameter mains
- $5.2M for rehabilitation of large diameter mains
Waste Water network
- $2.1M for construction of upgraded pump station in North Ward
- $3M for construction and rehabilitation of sewers
- $2.1M for treatment plant renewals
- $1.9M for new sewage pump station and rising main to service Stockland Shopping Centre and new development in the area
- $1.4M for pump station upgrades and renewals
- $2.2M for a new water main in Jensen to support growth in that area
