Local residents who would be interested in tapping into a Rural Water Scheme between Scone and Murrurundi must not miss out on the chance to voice their interest.
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More than 70 people attended a meeting in Scone last week to discuss the potential for a scheme to provide a source of water separate to the town water supply to be used for domestic and stock purposes.
The proposed outlet will tap into the Scone to Murrurundi Water Pipeline that will be constructed in the future.
The concept of a Rural Water Supply Scheme was first investigated by the Upper Hunter Shire Council in 2002 with a further study in 2007, however the project has never come to fruition.
With the possibility of piggy backing off the pipeline project, the council views it as an opportunity to provide a year round water source to local landholders in the set region.
According to Upper Hunter Shire Council Business Enterprise and Tourism manager Sean Constable, the main areas of discussion at the meeting were costs, the route of the scheme, impacts on the Murrurundi pipeline scheme, the type of water that will be available and limitations on access.
Information from the meeting and a demand survey will be mailed or emailed out to the 180 landowners in the area and others that were present at the meeting this week.
The survey will need to be completed and submitted by the end of May so if you wish to be involved in the survey, contact Mr Constable on 6540 1135, 0428 659 705 or email sconsta ble@upperhunter.nsw.gov.au
Mr Constable said the results and feedback from the survey will then be used to assess whether the scheme is potentially viable.
“If it is viable we will the offer contracts and progress forward,” he said.