November 22, 2018
Hivesville will get a standpipe soon to help residents in the district who rely on tank water.
A recent Council analysis of three possible sites found one that could access a local water supply and had good signal reception for processing electronic transactions.
However, construction will depend on whether the Council can get a grant from the Federal Government’s Drought Communities Program, or be forced to fund the project from its own resources.
Water portfolio chair Cr Roz Frohloff told Wednesday’s Council meeting about the project.
The Council already runs card-operated standpipes at Benarkin, Blackbutt and Nanango.
The standpipes dispense drinking quality water for $4 per kilolitre, and are operated by tap-and-go debit or credit Visa or MasterCards.
Purchases are limited to a minimum of $1 and maximum $99 per transaction.
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Council staff have been working on water main replacements in Murgon, Proston, Kingaroy and Nanango over the past few months:
- In Murgon, work on Watt Street’s water main started on August 20 and is now complete
- In Proston, work on replacing the Middle Road main began on October 29
- In Kingaroy, work on Reen Street’s main replacement began on November 5
- In Nanango, work on the second stage of Chester Street’s main replacement (ie Deakin Street) began on September 19 and is now 60 per cent complete; and work on Brisbane Street’s water main began on November 5
Staff have also been conducting hydrant testing and maintenance across all towns in the region.
All areas have now been completed except Kingaroy, where 40 per cent of hydrants have been inspected so far.
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Level 3 water restrictions, which have been in place since July 2017, will continue until Boondooma and Bjelke-Petersen dams receive more significant inflows.
Cr Frohloff said while both dams received some inflows from October’s storms, they had not been sufficient to alter current arrangements.
Level 3 restrictions ban the use of sprinklers and hand-held watering on Mondays.
Hand-held watering is permitted from 7:00am to 8:00am, and 5:00pm to 6:00pm, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays for odd-numbered houses; and during the same time periods on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays for even-numbered houses.
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