What is the Country Towns Water Supply and Sewerage program?
The program is a State Government initiative to help small towns that have critical health and environmental issues. The program spent $42 million bringing new sewerage and water services to small towns all over Victoria: Sewerage services • $17 million to be invested in sewerage services for towns with the most urgent problems; • $12 million to be invested in sewerage services on towns in the Gippsland Lakes area; • $6 million on “showcase” towns that will develop innovative sewerage solutions that other towns can learn from; • $3 million to councils to prepare domestic wastewater management plans – these plans will prevent future risk to public health and the environment. Water services • $4 million to be invested in water supply services for towns with the most urgent problems. The program is part of the Government’s Our Water Our Future action plan for sustainable water management.
