water infrastructure facility · 1 meeting
Icely Road Water Treatment Plant
Mentions
- Site of the approved Cellar Tank Upgrade.
- The project will upgrade water-treatment infrastructure serving the local water system.
- The decision provides a substantial, site-specific hardship concession and payment arrangement for a resident or ratepayer.
- The work concerns the reliability and capacity of a core water-treatment facility.
- It demonstrates how council may respond to disputed or hardship-related water charges, while applying only to the named account.
- A major upgrade contract was approved for the Icely Road Water Treatment Plant.
Decisions
Icely Road Water Treatment Plant contract approved
Council authorised a contract with Carters General Engineering Pty Ltd for the design and construction of the Cellar Tank Upgrade at Icely Road Water Treatment Plant for $1,487,431.02 excluding GST, subject to a satisfactory financial check.
The project will upgrade water-treatment infrastructure serving the local water system.
Water account hardship relief approved
For 33 Catto Close, Orange, Council reduced water consumption charges dating from the first quarter of 2019 from the second-step to the first-step tariff, reducing the account by $9,371.74. It also reduced 2025 third- and fourth-quarter charges by 40%, reducing them by $614.68, waived $11,736.63 in interest, set the total payable at $26,930.91, and resolved that further interest cease until a payment arrangement is made and the debt is cleared.
The decision provides a substantial, site-specific hardship concession and payment arrangement for a resident or ratepayer.
Topics
Water infrastructure procurement
A $1.487 million excluding GST design-and-construction contract was approved for the Cellar Tank Upgrade at Icely Road Water Treatment Plant.
The work concerns the reliability and capacity of a core water-treatment facility.
Site-specific water hardship decision
Council approved tariff reductions, interest relief and a payment arrangement for the water account at 33 Catto Close.
It demonstrates how council may respond to disputed or hardship-related water charges, while applying only to the named account.