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Vocational Visit to Riverina Water Today's meeting was held on the site of Riverina Water, Hammond Avenue.  | | We all gathered at the site at 12.30 pm and tours were conducted in two groups. The first group had a barbecue lunch and headed off for a tour following a quite detailed and sober induction concerning safety on site. All members were required to wear hi-viz vests and hard hats. |  | | Off we go lead by a very knowledgeable engineer. |  | | Above is the new raw water intake site on the banks of the Murrumbidgee. We were told that currently 80% of Wagga's water come from bores into the underlying acquifer and 20% from the river. This is a sustainable drain on the acquifer for the current population, however forecast population growth will require a greater draw from the river and hence the need for a new raw water intake plant. The acquifer is recharged from the river during times of flood and gradually diminishes during dry times. |  | | Members look down on the new raw water intake plant on the banks of the River while listening to the information provided by our tour guide. |  | Standing on top of the new water treatment and filtration plant. This plant and the raw water intake plant are currently being completed at a cost of $40 million. The filtration system consists of a number of large tanks, each with an agitator to ensure the settling agents adhere to particles in the water. The flocculator filters are cleverly designed to give a large surface area within a confined space to allow for particles to be filtered from the water. A system of sludge removal and cleaning flows maintain the filtration system. Chemicals such as chlorine and fluoride are added to the treated water which is then pumped from the treatment plant up into the water supply tanks on Willans Hill. The new plant is designed to provide clean fresh water to Wagga in a sustainable way until 2040. | | | | |
Visitors, Guests and Apologies Apologies Graham Burmeister, John Egan, Gerry Gerlach, Jim Gibson, Mark Hillis, David Hodge, John Ireland, Peter MacKinnon, John Mason, Stephen McCoy, Tim McMullen, James McNaughton, Paul Murray, Robert Pearson, Jeremy Reithmuller, Malcolm Robertson, Jonty Shuter, Darren Wallace, Bob Willis, Pat Ingram. Makeups No list of apologies was available at time of press. Men's Health John Egan wants 6 volunteers to assist with managing the MHERV van which will be stationed at Bunnings on 14th and 15th November. He is also looking for a couple of volunteers to go to Narrandera to collect the van and put it at Bunnings. The idea of the van is to encourage men to come in for a blood and urine test which will give some basic indicators that might require referral to their GP. |
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