February 24, 2016
A large water main break in Kingaroy last Wednesday caused significant damage to the road and footpath, and has left a big repair bill in its wake.
Water Portfolio chair Cr Barry Green told Wednesday’s Council meeting SBRC work crews had fixed the break and returned water supplies to affected businesses and residents as quickly as possible.
“Council workers were very appreciative of customers’ understanding and being patient while the main was repaired,” Cr Green said.
“Staff and customers at both the Commonwealth and NAB banks were also very understanding.”
The break in the 70-year-old rising main had left a large repair bill, Cr Green said.
Work on repairing the pavement and road would be carried out over the next month.
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Kingaroy’s new $25 million wastewater treatment plant is moving towards completion and the bulk of the civil construction work is complete, Cr Green said.
Factory acceptance testing of the plant’s instrumentation and controls has also been completed, and on-site testing of mechanical and electrical components will begin this month.
If all goes well, the plant will be commissioned in early May and is expected to be fully operational by September 30.
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A $7 million upgrade to the Gordonbrook water treatment plant is also progressing well.
“The media filter has been laid and backwashed, and pre-testing of the DAFF units went well with no major setbacks or issues,” Cr Green said.
“It is currently planned that commissioning of the plant will occur on February 29 with the first proof of performance testing to start on March 7.”
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Designs for the refurbishment of Murgon’s water treatment plant are also moving ahead, and work will commence on the site by mid-March.
Initial work will focus on refurbishing Filter Train 3.
Once this is complete, Council will bring it back on line and take the remaining two trains off line so they can be refurbished as well.
This method of work should ensure there are no interruptions to Murgon’s water supply.
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