Environmental Scan Report Gippsland Region
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Environmental Scan Report Gippsland Region Environmental Scan Report: Gippsland Region Table of contents 1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 2. Purpose ............................................................................................................................................................. 5 3. Structure of document ..................................................................................................................................... 5 4. Environmental scan process .......................................................................................................................... 6 5. Regional Context .............................................................................................................................................. 6 6. Natural Environment ........................................................................................................................................ 8 6.1 Climate ................................................................................................................................................................ 9 6.1.1 Average Temperatures ....................................................................................................................................... 9 6.1.2 Rainfall ................................................................................................................................................................ 9 6.1.3 Climate Change ................................................................................................................................................ 13 6.2 Land Use .......................................................................................................................................................... 15 6.3 Bushfire Risk .................................................................................................................................................... 17 6.3.1 Bushfire prone areas ........................................................................................................................................ 18 6.4 Waterways ........................................................................................................................................................ 18 6.4.1 Floods ............................................................................................................................................................... 21 6.5 Geology ............................................................................................................................................................ 24 6.6 Marine ............................................................................................................................................................... 28 7. Built Environment ........................................................................................................................................... 29 7.1 Information and telecommunications ................................................................................................................ 29 7.2 Energy .............................................................................................................................................................. 30 7.2.1 Energy distribution ............................................................................................................................................ 30 7.2.2 Electricity .......................................................................................................................................................... 32 7.2.3 Solar and Wind ................................................................................................................................................. 34 7.2.4 Gas ................................................................................................................................................................... 34 7.2.5 Liquid fuels ....................................................................................................................................................... 36 7.3 Food, grocery and manufacturing .................................................................................................................... 37 7.3.1 Food supply chain ............................................................................................................................................ 37 7.4 Transport .......................................................................................................................................................... 38 7.4.1 Transport infrastructure .................................................................................................................................... 38 7.4.2 Roads ............................................................................................................................................................... 39 7.4.3 Rail .................................................................................................................................................................... 45 7.4.4 Air ..................................................................................................................................................................... 48 7.4.5 Sea ................................................................................................................................................................... 48 7.5 Water and wastewater ...................................................................................................................................... 50 7.5.1 Water ................................................................................................................................................................ 50 7.5.2 Emergency water supply points ....................................................................................................................... 54 7.5.3 Wastewater ....................................................................................................................................................... 54 Page 2 of 112 Date: 14 September 2020 FINAL 2.0 Public Version Environmental Scan Report: Gippsland Region 7.6 Waste and recycling ......................................................................................................................................... 56 7.6.1 Landfill .............................................................................................................................................................. 56 7.6.2 Recycling .......................................................................................................................................................... 57 7.7 Government services ........................................................................................................................................ 58 7.7.1 Prisons and community correctional facilities................................................................................................... 58 7.7.2 Law courts ........................................................................................................................................................ 59 7.8 Emergency services ......................................................................................................................................... 59 7.8.1 Ambulance Stations .......................................................................................................................................... 60 7.8.2 Police Stations .................................................................................................................................................. 60 7.8.3 Fire stations, lookouts and refuges .................................................................................................................. 61 7.8.4 SES ................................................................................................................................................................... 66 7.8.5 Life Saving Victoria ........................................................................................................................................... 67 7.8.6 Volunteer Coast Guard ..................................................................................................................................... 67 7.8.7 Emergency Coordination Facilities ................................................................................................................... 68 7.9 Other infrastructure assets and industries ........................................................................................................ 70 7.9.1 Infrastructure and industries ............................................................................................................................. 70 7.9.2 Dependencies ................................................................................................................................................... 71 7.9.3 Tourism infrastructure ....................................................................................................................................... 72 7.9.4 Cladding fire safety risk 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