Plans for desalination plant proceed
Central Coast Council has commenced the next stage of planning for the proposed Toukley Desalination Water Treatment Plant, a key drought response project that would help secure the region’s drinking…
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Desalination plant proposed for Noraville
Council submits a state significant infrastructure project to Department of Planning.
IPART asked to clarify Council’s rush to spend on desalination
Veteran environmental campaigner and long-term Jilliby resident Mike Campbell has called upon IPART to provide the community with clear and unambiguous timeframes for Central Coast Council’s $250M plan for a…
Desalination plant would be a waste of money
Forum – Central Coast Council is currently seeking to waste more money on a Desalination Plant. The Water Security Plan is currently out for consultation until September 28. My understanding…
Drinking water quality must be first priority
Forum – It is a relief to see, at last, that recycled water is to be a significant part of water planning for the future, something that I have now…
Toukley desalination plant planned for 2039
The community has 28 days to comment on a draft Central Coast Water Security Plan which will determine the region’s water supply through to 2051. Highlights of the draft plan…
Where is the cost-benefit analysis on a desal plant?
Forum – The last thing that we need is a desalination plant as the centrepiece of our water-management strategy (CCN 279). Such an installation would involve a huge capital cost,…
Desalination plant back on the drawing board
A desalination plant could be back on the agenda for the region, but the former preferred site of beneath the Budgewoi dunes is off the table. Central Coast Council is…
Desal plant off the table as dam levels rise
Central Coast Council is on track to keep the region’s water supply secure, but a desalination plant at Lakes Beach, Budgewoi, is no longer on the table as a long-term…
Desalination plant off the table for now
A desalination plant at Lakes Beach, Budgewoi, is no longer a proposal being considered by Council as a water security project. Director, Jamie Loader, let it slip that the desalination…
Desalination is a long term drought solution
[Forum] What I’m about to suggest may sound totally ridiculous and fantastical, but I get frustrated at the lack of action on drought. The government is talking about creating more…