TasWater has started work on a $1.65 million upgrade of Richmond’s Torrens Street sewage pump station.
The infrastructure upgrade is an important project to minimise the risk of sewage overflows into the Coal River and adjacent waterways which include areas dedicated to shell fish farming.
It will increase the capacity of the pump station to accommodate expected growth in the Richmond area over the next 30 years.
As well as providing improved service to the Richmond community it will offer greater security to local oyster farmers.
Work on the facility was prioritised by TasWater following an effluent overflow just prior to Christmas in 2014.
After extensive consultation with growers and the Tasmanian Shellfish Quality Assurance Program (TSQAP) not only has TasWater set up protocols in relation to alerting shell fish farmers to any effluent discharge, but has identified key sewage infrastructure improvements across the state to help mitigate the impact on aquaculture areas.
Work on the pump station will also involve the replacement of a sewer main from the Torrens Street pump station to the Richmond sewage treatment plant, as well as underground emergency storage built at the end of Jacombe Street.
TasWater will be doing everything possible to minimise the impact on residents and visitors to Richmond with work to be completed by July.
Tenders for a new $1.2 million sewage pump station in St Helens are being assessed, continuing TasWater’s commitment to improving our sewage treatment system to protect the environment and the community.
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