annual report 2007-08 Established 1950 Gippsland Water received a ‘Bronze Award’ in the prestigious Australasian Reporting Awards for its 2006-07 Annual Report. (03) 5174 0576 2658 IMAGE DIRECT Gippsland Water Hazelwood Road PO BOX 348 Traralgon VIC 3844 FREECALL: 1800 066 401 Facsimile: (03) 5174 0103 Email:
[email protected] Website: www.gippswater.com.au ABN 75 830 750 413 GIPPSLAND WATER AT A GLANCE - AS AT 30 JUNE 2008 Water Gippsland Water operates 17 water treatment plants and obtains its water from a variety of sources including reservoirs, surface water and groundwater. Water services include: • 59,822 customers serviced (connected) • 60,201 megalitres of water supplied • 2,009 kilometres of water mains Waste Gippsland Water operates 14 wastewater treatment plants, two ocean outfalls and one prescribed waste management facility. Wastewater services include: • 51,239 customers serviced (connected) • 27,156 megalitres of treated wastewater • 1,496 kilometres of sewer mains Waste materials Gippsland Water operates a prescribed waste management facility known as the Soil and Organic Recycling Facility (SORF) at Dutson Downs which was originally established in 1985 and operates under an approved EPA licence. The wastes managed at the SORF include: • 26,254 tonnes of liquid waste • 2,700 tonnes of solid waste • 4,097 tonnes of biosolids produced from wastewater treatment activities Agribusiness Gippsland Water operates an agribusiness at a range of broad-acre holdings across the region, the largest being an 8,000ha property at Dutson Downs, of which 3,000ha is currently farmed. Operations on the Dutson Downs site include: • 2,637 cattle • 3,092 sheep • 1,401 cattle sold Staff At 30 June 2008, Gippsland Water employed 238 people in 208 full time equivalent roles, which encompassed a variety of management, technical, professional, and operational streams.