Interested stakeholders including representatives from Landmark, Schute Bell and Ray White attended a meeting on Monday morning at the old library building in Park Lane to discuss item 10.2 Braidwood Saleyard / Truckwash scheduled for this week’s Council meeting about the proposal to the NSW office of Water for a solution to the effluent/sludge handling measures at the Braidwood Saleyard/Truckwash out.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
Palerang Council was represented by the Mayor, Pete Harrison and Councillor, Paul Cockram, however, Director of Works, Gordon Cunningham was not in attendance.
With the interim licence for the truckwash due to expire on 4th August this year, Council needs to provide a longer term solution that is acceptable to the NSW Office of Water for the treatment of the effluent from the truckwash. They have provided a submission to the NSW Office of Water for the development of a for Earth (or similar) biological treatment process for effluent generated from the Braidwood Truckwash at the cost of $50,000, and are waiting on a response.
The financial impact of this solution, however, according to Council, means that a loan would need to be taken out for the full capital which could increase the cost per use of the truck wash from around $0.60 cents to $1.86 in order to cover repayments for the loan, which would make it too expensive for many users.
Efforts by stakeholders to find out from Council where the $144,000 has been allocated, that had originally been set aside for the development of the truckwash, have been unsuccessful. There was also discussion of at least two alternatives to the forEarth option, including processing and recycling the waste for resale.
A spokesperson from the NSW Office of Water has advised that “NOW and Council have exchanged letters on the way forward for the disposal of the Braidwood saleyards truck wash-down effluent. They will continue to discuss suitable solutions for this matter. This may include a further extension of the current interim trade waste approval, allowing time for full consideration of Council’s current proposal.”