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Saudi Water Partnerships Company (SWPC) has issued request for qualifications (RFQs) for the development of two independent sewage treatment plants - The Riyadh East and Khamis Mushait ISTP - in the kingdom with a total capacity of 150,000 cu m per day.

santa-clarita.com. The survey, which is available now by visiting surveymonkey.com/r/design-outreach, enables residents to have their voices heard and will inform City staff on the features and design elements the community finds most useful. Originally launched in 1997, santa-clarita.com serves as the information hub for City news, programs, services, events and more. Residents can file applications for building permits, request graffiti removal, report fallen or overgrown trees for clean up...

Ballina Deputy Mayor and Rous County Cr Sharon Cadwallader. Photo David Lowe. The Dunoon Dam made an unscheduled appearance late in the last Ballina Shire Council meeting, on the back of a motion put forward by Cr Phillip Meehan and seconded by Cr Sharon Cadwallader. Cr Meehan said he had growing concerns about Rous County Council’s plan to purchase the Marom Creek Water Treatment Plant and the associated water licences from Ballina as part of the Future Water Strategy. He also said he was a...

Craig Zerk, East Ballina As an engineer with over 45 years’ experience working in the water supply industry, I support the new water Strategy proposed by Rous Water and I am opposed to the Dunoon Dam. There are some very significant reasons for favouring groundwater over construction of a new dam downstream of the existing Rocky Creek Dam. Economically, groundwater offers the lowest Net Present Value and can be sequentially staged over decades to meet the needs of a growing population. By co...

Two weeks ago, DM168 published an investigation looking into the dismal state of SA’s sewage treatment works. Struck by the report’s findings, we asked you, the reader, to suggest solutions. Here’s what you had to say:

Two weeks ago, DM168 published an investigation looking into the dismal state of SA’s sewage treatment works. Struck by the report’s findings, we asked you, the reader, to suggest solutions. Here’s what you had to say:

Rous County Council has a new plan for 2021, now that the Dunoon Dam is out of the region’s water strategy.

Evidence on the attitudes of householders towards measures to save water that can be retrofitted to existing properties.

Three Northern Rivers councillors have submitted a rescission motion to bring the proposed Dunoon Dam project back to the regions future water infrastructure plans. Rous Councillors Robert Mustow and Sandra Humphrys from Richmond Valley Council, along with Ballina representative Sharon Cadwallader, signed the document submitted to the council. They want to ensure the dam is off the plans only if there is scientific proof there is enough groundwater to ensure the long term viability of water s...

"At the end of the day, we also need to ensure that our decisions don’t mean people paying more rates in the future."