Environmental Scan Report Barwon South West Region
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Environmental Scan Report Barwon South West Region Environmental Scan Report: Barwon South West 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 ........................................................................................................................................ 9 6.1 Climate .............................................................................................................................................................. 10 6.1.1 Average Temperatures ..................................................................................................................................... 10 6.1.2 Rainfall .............................................................................................................................................................. 10 6.1.3 Climate Change ................................................................................................................................................ 14 6.2 Land Use .......................................................................................................................................................... 16 6.3 Bushfire Risk .................................................................................................................................................... 18 6.3.1 Bushfire prone areas ........................................................................................................................................ 19 6.4 Waterways ........................................................................................................................................................ 19 6.4.1 Floods ............................................................................................................................................................... 24 6.5 Geology ............................................................................................................................................................ 26 6.6 Marine ............................................................................................................................................................... 30 7. Built Environment ........................................................................................................................................... 31 7.1 Information and telecommunications ................................................................................................................ 31 7.2 Energy .............................................................................................................................................................. 33 7.2.1 Energy distribution ............................................................................................................................................ 33 7.2.2 Electricity .......................................................................................................................................................... 34 7.2.3 Solar and Wind ................................................................................................................................................. 36 7.2.4 Gas ................................................................................................................................................................... 36 7.2.5 Liquid fuels ....................................................................................................................................................... 38 7.3 Food, grocery and manufacturing .................................................................................................................... 38 7.3.1 Food supply chain ............................................................................................................................................ 39 7.4 Transport .......................................................................................................................................................... 40 7.4.1 Transport infrastructure .................................................................................................................................... 41 7.4.2 Roads ............................................................................................................................................................... 41 7.4.3 Rail .................................................................................................................................................................... 47 7.4.4 Air ..................................................................................................................................................................... 50 7.4.5 Sea ................................................................................................................................................................... 50 7.5 Water and Wastewater ..................................................................................................................................... 52 7.5.1 Water ................................................................................................................................................................ 52 7.5.2 Emergency water supply points ....................................................................................................................... 56 7.5.3 Wastewater ....................................................................................................................................................... 56 Page 2 of 121 Date: 14 September 2020 FINAL 2.0 Public Version Environmental Scan Report: Barwon South West Region 7.6 Waste and recycling ......................................................................................................................................... 58 7.6.1 Landfill .............................................................................................................................................................. 58 7.6.2 Recycling .......................................................................................................................................................... 59 7.7 Government services ........................................................................................................................................ 60 7.7.1 Prisons and community correctional facilities................................................................................................... 60 7.7.2 Law Courts ....................................................................................................................................................... 60 7.8 Emergency services ......................................................................................................................................... 61 7.8.1 Ambulance ........................................................................................................................................................ 61 7.8.2 Police Stations .................................................................................................................................................. 62 7.8.3 Fire stations, lookouts and refuges .................................................................................................................. 63 7.8.4 SES ................................................................................................................................................................... 70 7.8.5 Life Saving Victoria Units .................................................................................................................................. 71 7.8.6 Volunteer Coast Guard ..................................................................................................................................... 71 7.8.7 Emergency Coordination Facilities ................................................................................................................... 72 7.9 Other infrastructure assets and industries ........................................................................................................ 74 7.9.1 Infrastructure and industries ............................................................................................................................. 74 7.9.2 Dependencies ................................................................................................................................................... 75 7.9.3 Tourism infrastructure ....................................................................................................................................... 77 7.9.4 Cladding fire safety risk 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