The Foster Reuse Project is a community-driven project to install infrastructure to pipe recycled water from the Foster Waste Water Treatment Plant to the Foster Recreation Reserve and the Foster Golf Club.
The project was instigated through a South Gippsland Shire Council community engagement process to determine funding distributions for their Community Capital Works Allocation projects. The consultation process resulted in a successful submission from the Foster community to install infrastructure from the Foster Waste Water Treatment Plant to various community assets across the township.
Key messages
- Providing recycled water to Foster’s recreational reserve and golf club decreased the demand on the potable water supply and reduced the workload for the Foster Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Inter-agency collaboration achieved benefits for the community and all organisations involved
- The finalised project will provide a secure, affordable water supply to Foster’s community recreational assets.
- Deliver a sustainable and affordable water supply to the sporting and recreational communities of Foster
- Assist in enhancing key community assets
- Decrease demand on the potable water supply
- Decrease the load on the Foster Wastewater Treatment Plant deferring imminent upgrade requirements.
Planning for the project is currently underway, and detailed design documentation has been completed. Construction is due to commence in April 2018. The finalised project will be a joint initiative that will provide a secure, affordable water supply to Foster’s community recreational assets.
The construction of a key community asset, which might not otherwise have been achieved through the efforts of one entity, has been secured as a result of the combined resources of community, South Gippsland Shire Council and South Gippsland Water. Inter-agency planning and collaboration can achieve benefits for the community and all organisations involved in the partnership.
South Gippsland Shire Council Community Capital Works Allocation project provided funding of $400,000. South Gippsland Water will undertake upgrade works for the Foster Water Waste Water Treatment Plant to ensure consistent re-use quality. Foster Show Ground Committee and the Golf Club will meet irrigation infrastructure and regulatory commitments.
The project commences in November 2016 and will be completed by April 2018
