EPA
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Who’s going to clean up this mess?
A Woodend mountain biker has expressed frustration after being shuffled between three state government agencies while trying to report illegal rubbish dumping in the Wombat State Forest. Matthew Connor was appalled to discover several piles of bathroom and kitchen renovation waste dumped along forest tracks last month. “A group of us know the bush very…
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Mass fish death at Malmsbury
A mass fish death has occurred in the ornamental lake at Malmsbury Botanic Gardens, prompting an investigation by local authorities. Macedon Ranges Shire Council parks staff became aware of the incident on March 20 after the Friends of Malmsbury Botanic Gardens and Environs reported about 20 dead carp floating on the lake. Council chief executive…
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LICENCE EASED FOR COLIBAN
Coliban Water has won concessions on its operating licence for the Kyneton Water Reclamation Plant after challenging Environment Protection Authority requirements at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. A December 2023 EPA approval to amend the licence for the operation of the plant set a ratio of less than one part effluent released from the…
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Licence amendment to EPA
Coliban Water has formally submitted an application to the Environment Protection Authority to amend its licence to operate the Kyneton Water Reclamation Plant. The amendment, now available for public feedback, seeks a reduction in the dilution ratio required for releases of excess wastewater from the plant to the Campaspe River. The water authority was last…
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Licence on hold
Coliban Water’s bid to amend its licence for the Kyneton Water Reclamation Plant is temporarily on hold, after Environment Protection Authority Victoria called for more information. The licence regulates releases of wastewater from the plant to the Campaspe River and has allowed a maximum ratio of 20 per cent treated water to 80 per cent…
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‘A LICENCE TO POLLUTE’
Coliban Water’s planned upgrade of the Kyneton Water Reclamation Plant will not be completed in time to prevent further illegal discharges of wastewater to the Campaspe River this year, downstream landowners fear. Significant rain a fortnight ago has raised the plant’s storage lagoons to 96 per cent capacity and wet conditions have delayed upgrade works…
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Council ordered to clean up ‘unofficial’ Lancefield tip site
Macedon Ranges Council has a clean up bill of about $40,000 after it was ordered to secure an “unofficial tip site” at Showlers Lane, Lancefield. The Environment Protection Authority issued a notice for remediation works on the council-owned road reserve, following an investigation that resulted from a community tip-off. Council workers have covered the area…
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Overhaul for Kyneton Water Reclamation Plant
Coliban Water’s board has approved a major redevelopment of the Kyneton Water Reclamation Plant. The multimillion-dollar investment will more than double storage and increase irrigation capacity at the plant, as well as update treatment processes, so that only Class B water is used for off-site irrigation and tertiary treated water is released to the Campaspe…
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Coliban Water on notice over discharges
Coliban Water will be required to measure its compliance for wastewater releases to the Campaspe River at the point of discharge at Kyneton. Following our report last week in which CW indicated it would install a new flow meter closer to the discharge point from the Kyneton Water Reclamation Plant, but would continue to measure…
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Campaspe River landholders label Coliban Water admission a ‘betrayal of trust’
Campaspe River landholders have slammed a new admission from Coliban Water as yet another “betrayal of trust” by the water authority. CW agreed several months ago to relocate the flow meter used to determine whether the releases of wastewater it makes from the Kyneton Water Reclamation Plant to the river are compliant with its EPA…