What stories made the Dungog Chronicle on August 15, 2007?

By Michelle Mexon
August 16 2018 - 6:03pm

News from yesteryear: Take a look at some of the news stories from the Chronicle pages of August 15, 2007:

Sewerage scheme in pipeline

The state government will provide more than 50 per cent of the funding for a reticulated sewerage scheme for Clarence Town. Dungog Shire Council is now crunching numbers and will call for tenders for the project, hopefully within the next few weeks. Council’s general manager Craig Deasey said they are currently costing out the scheme and the financial impact it will have on the Clarence Town community. “We are looking at reviewing our operations and how to streamline our costs overall. “The state government funding is capped and additional costs will have to be borne by the ratepayer. “There is significant rock in the area and we need to carry out a geotechnical survey to work out the extent of it. “We are very mindful of the costs escalating. “Council is reviewing numbers and fine tuning everything before we call tenders. “We are also negotiating with lenders as we have to raise a significant loan to pay for the project,” he said. Mr Deasey said council will go to Clarence Town to meet with the community once they can inform them more fully about what the cost will be. The government has committed to funding 59.5 per cent of the project, and minister for water utilities Nathan Rees said that this injection follows $231,000 previously provided to the council for preconstruction activities. “This is a major win for the environment as Clarence Town is currently unsewered and is located in an environmentally sensitive area of the Williams River,” Mr Rees said. “The scheme will protect the environment and provide a safe and reliable sewerage service to the 800 residents of Clarence Town.” A sewage treatment plant will be constructed, with wastewater to be used for irrigation purposes.

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