Goulburn Valley Water, GVW, will release fully-treated wastewater from its Seymour, Kilmore, Broadford, Nagambie wastewater management facilities over the coming weeks.
The wastewater storage lagoons at the sites are reaching capacity as a result of the extensive rainfall and flooding experienced in the past few weeks.
Releases will occur as required at each system, into Seymour’s Back Creek, Kilmore Creek, Sunday Creek Broadford, and Wormangel Creek Nagambie.
The releases are expected to be about one to four megalitres per day, depending on which waterway the release is occurring at, and will not contribute to any flooding events at downstream locations.
GVW’s wastewater and recycling coordinator Stuart Harris said discharging excess fully-treated wastewater from storages helped to reduce any potential for uncontrolled overflows.
The water being released has been fully treated and meets Class C standards, while the Environmental Protection Agency has been informed of the releases and will monitor for any unexpected impacts on the environment.
Strict water quality monitoring processes remain in place to protect the health of communities and environments.
For any queries, people can call GVW’s customer service centre on 1800 454 500.
