Kyneton Water Reclamation Plant
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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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Irrigation pipeline completed
Angela CrawfordWork on an irrigation pipeline designed to divert treated wastewater from the Kyneton Water Reclamation Plant to irrigators is now complete. Known as the Kyneton Recycled Water Irrigation project, the 14-kilometre pipeline network will pump up to 300 megalitres of recycled water to farmland to reduce the risk of the plant discharging excess wastewater…
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Sewerage spills
Ongoing wet weather is impacting sewer and water networks across the region. Coliban Water is monitoring the situation at its water reclamation plants, particularly at Epsom and Kyneton. A spokesperson confirmed there had been a number of sewer spills due to excess stormwater, including in Jeffrey Street, Kyneton, and Ellesmere Place, Malmsbury. “We have a…
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Giving new life to the creek
Recent community planting days were a major milestone in locals’ plans to restore Snipes Creek at Greenhill so it once again sends clean water into the Campaspe River, into which it flows, and supports thriving natural ecosystems. Students, teachers and parents from Kyneton Primary School’s Sustainability Group kicked off two days of planting the floodplain…
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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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River woes continue
Ongoing troubles at the Kyneton Water Reclamation Plant have forced Coliban Water to increase releases of wastewater from the plant to the Campaspe River from last Friday. Despite the construction of new storage lagoons at the plant, lagoon volume last week reached 92 per cent, and the Environment Protection Agency was informed of the current…
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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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Reclaiming the Campaspe River
Campaspe River landowners are taking the health of the river into their own hands by commissioning independent scientific monitoring of the waterway. The residents fear waste from the Kyneton Water Reclamation Plant will continue to pollute the river, as Coliban Water faces 11 criminal charges relating to the illegal discharge of thousands of litres of…
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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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River in poor health: enviro students concerned about Campaspe
The plight of the Campaspe River has captured the attention of a group of year 11 environmental science students whose water sampling has raised concerns about the health of the waterway. The Sacred Heart College students have been following the issue of Coliban Water’s releases of wastewater from the Kyneton Water Reclamation Plant to the…