Total Management Plan for Water & Sewerage Services
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CHARTERS TOWERS REGIONAL COUNCIL TOTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE SERVICES VERSION 1 - NOVEMBER 2009 EXPLANATORY NOTE In 2008 the Dalrymple Shire Council and Charters Towers City Council were amalgamated to become the Charters Towers Regional Council (CTRC). When combining the assets of both councils both the Total Management Plans (TMP) and Strategic Asset Management Plans (SAMP) from each council required updating to prepare a new TMP document. A change to the governing body has lead to various legislative alternations. Council is now required to include in its planning a SAMP, a System Leakage Management Plan (SLMP) and Drought Management Plan (DMP). A DMP and SLMP were prepared for CTRC in May 2008 and revised following comments in September 2008. Dalrymple Shire Council had prepared a SAMP, while the Charter Towers City Council had prepared a TMP. Both documents included gaps in the information which are being closed as information is found. The organisation of this TMP document is designed as a “living document” to assist engineering staff and management. Through careful planning it allows information in the document to be easily updated, as well as simplifies the annual reporting and review process. The TMP has been updated in compliance with the TMP Development Guide 2001. DOCUMENT AND VERSION CONTROL The TMP is a controlled document. The signed document and version control sheet at the front of the document indicate the current version. Information within the appendices is to be updated in compliance with Section 7 of the Guideline. It requests: • Action Plans – 6-12 months (review with annual reporting requirement). • Sub-plans – 1-3 years. • Associated policies – 1.5 years. • Business management plan – 1-3 years. Revisions to individual pages or sections of the TMP will be indicated by a revision number and date added to the footer of the page, as well as notation in the version control table. Charters Towers Regional Council Total Management Plan for Water & Sewerage Services Part A: Overview Version 1 – November 2009 Page i VERSION CONTROL SHEET Date Description Version & Update Appendix or Page Approved Initials Reference No. November 2009 New Draft TMP Version 0 Nov. 2009 All December 2014 Revision Revision 1 Dec 2014 Appendices O & R MT Charters Towers Regional Council Part A: Overview Total Management Plan for Water & Sewerage Services Page ii Version 1 – November 2009 FOREWORD From the Mayor It is most desirable and very satisfying to provide good, clean, adequately operating services and facilities for a community. Charters Towers Regional Council has as one of its goals: • To efficiently provide clean and safe water for usage across all needs and functions of our communities. To this end, our Asset Management team has compiled a comprehensive Total Management Plan to cover all aspects of the functions of all water and sewerage related services including its reticulation, treatment and extraction processes. I fully support the Total Management Plan and look forward to the efficiencies that it helps to maintain. Cr Ben Callcott Mayor Charters Towers Regional Council Total Management Plan for Water & Sewerage Services Part A: Overview Version 1 – November 2009 Page iii TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 1 1.1 PURPOSE .............................................................................................................. 1 1.2 STRUCTURE OF THE PLAN ................................................................................. 1 2 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................. 2 3 DESCRIPTION OF SCHEMES .............................................................................. 3 3.1 REGISTERED SERVICES ..................................................................................... 4 3.2 CHARTERS TOWERS WATER RETICULATION .................................................. 5 3.3 GREENVALE WATER RETICULATION ................................................................ 5 3.4 PENTLAND WATER RETICULATION ................................................................... 6 3.5 RAVENSWOOD WATER RETICULATION ............................................................ 6 3.6 CHARTERS TOWERS WASTEWATER (SEWAGE) SCHEME ............................. 7 4 MAJOR CHALLENGES ..................................................................................... 8 4.1 AGEING INFRASTRUCTURE ................................................................................ 8 4.2 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT............................................................................ 8 4.3 WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT ....................................................................... 8 4.4 EFFLUENT DISPOSAL .......................................................................................... 9 4.5 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ................................................................................. 9 4.6 HUMAN RESOURCES ........................................................................................... 9 5 SUMMARY OF STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK ..................................................... 9 6 MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY ................................................................. 11 Charters Towers Regional Council Part A: Overview Total Management Plan for Water & Sewerage Services Page iv Version 1 – November 2009 TABLE OF FIGURES Figure 3.1: Locality Plan From Google Earth ..........................................................................................................................3 LIST OF TABLES Table 3-1: Overview of Schemes ...........................................................................................................................................4 Table 3-4: Charters Towers Scheme Statistics .......................................................................................................................5 Table 3-5: Greenvale Scheme Statistics .................................................................................................................................5 Table 3-6: Pentland Scheme Statistics ...................................................................................................................................6 Table 3-7: Ravenswood Scheme Statistics ............................................................................................................................6 Table 3.2: Water Supply Asset Values (Total for Charters Towers Regional Water Supply Schemes) .................................7 Table 3.2: Sewerage Scheme Statistics .................................................................................................................................7 Table 3.4: Sewerage Asset Values (Total for Charters Towers Regional sewerage schemes). ............................................7 Table 5.1: Summary of Strategic Framework ....................................................................................................................... 10 Charters Towers Regional Council Total Management Plan for Water & Sewerage Services Part A: Overview Version 1 – November 2009 Page v LIST OF APPENDICES (PART B) Appendix A The Legislative and Other Requirements Appendix B Overview and Description of the Systems Appendix C Strategic Asset Management Plan Appendix D Asset Valuation Appendix E Operations and Maintenance Plans Appendix F Demand and Future New Capital Requirement Appendix G Development Contributions / Financial Contributions Appendix H Development Approvals / Water Licences / Property Issues Appendix I Future Renewals’ Capital Requirements Appendix J Depreciation / Decline in Service Potential Appendix K Public Debt and Annual Loan Servicing Cost Appendix L Future Overall Financial Requirements Appendix M Funding Policy / Fees & Charges Appendix N System Leak Management / Demand Management Appendix O Drought Management Plan / Significant Service Failure Plan Appendix P Environmental Impacts / Effects Appendix Q Risk Management Appendix R Customer Services Standards Water & Sewerage Appendix S Overview of Councils Organisation Structure Appendix T Bylaws Appendix U Stakeholders & Consultation Appendix V Implementation and Improvement Program Appendix W Disposals Appendix X Annual Reports Charters Towers Regional Council Part A: Overview Total Management Plan for Water & Sewerage Services Page vi Version 1 – November 2009 CHARTERS TOWERS REGIONAL COUNCIL TOTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR WATER AND SEWERAGE SERVICES PART A: OVERVIEW Charters Towers Regional Council Total Management Plan for Water & Sewerage Services Part A: Overview Version 1 – November 2009 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 PURPOSE The purpose of this Total Management Plan (TMP) is to provide: • A total picture of how Charters Towers Regional Council (CTRC) currently manages water supply and sewerage services for the city of Charters Towers and towns of Greenvale, Pentland and Ravenswood. • Details of the management strategies and priorities currently being used to drive cost efficiencies and to improve the service. • Details of the major issues facing the Council in the provision of these services and the strategies being pursued to ensure continuing high quality services into the future. 1.2 STRUCTURE OF THE PLAN The TMP is structured around a hierarchy of inter-related documents as outlined in Figure 1.1. This figure shows the guideline structure of the TMP and the relevant sections of the