The state government has allocated close to $6 million to construct sewerage and wastewater treatment works at Telegraph Point, Long Flat and Comboyne.

MPs Melinda Pavey and Leslie Williams have welcomed the project funding to the three village areas.

“This funding will help transition the existing but aged waste-disposal systems over to best-practice and latest technology sewerage schemes,” Mrs Pavey said.

“Community growth over time has outstripped the capacity of the existing systems, so these large-scale infrastructure projects will be an enormous benefit to the districts into the future,” Mrs Williams said. 

The details of each project are:

This project will see the construction of a traditional gravity system, with a sewer junction made available to each property within the village zoned areas. Sewage will then be directed to a local treatment plant.

The Long Flat Sewerage Scheme will see the construction of a conventional gravity system and the current sewage treatment plant relocated to an alternate site, providing potential for effluent reuse.

This will provide the village with the infrastructure it needs to improve its current sewage management practices.

The Telegraph Point Sewerage Scheme will utilise a pressure sewer system due to flood prone areas, the high incidence of rock in the northern area and the distance between the residential areas.

These funding programs are in addition to an allocation of $6.63 million in funding to provide a reticulated sewerage system at Stuarts Point in the Kempsey Shire.

The $110 million Regional Water and Waste Water Backlog Program provides funding for regional infrastructure.

More than 30 projects across the state have been approved in a review process against strict criteria.

The backlog program meets part of the capital cost of each project, while the local water utility and/or council contributes funding for the balance of the capital cost and all operations and maintenance costs.