Environmental Scan Report Hume Region
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Environmental Scan Report Hume Region Environmental Scan Report: Hume 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 ...................................................................................................................................... 11 6.1 Climate .............................................................................................................................................................. 11 6.1.1 Average Temperatures ..................................................................................................................................... 11 6.1.2 Rainfall .............................................................................................................................................................. 12 6.1.3 Climate Change ................................................................................................................................................ 17 Land Use ..................................................................................................................................................................... 20 6.2 Bushfire Risk .................................................................................................................................................... 22 6.2.1 Bushfire prone areas ........................................................................................................................................ 22 6.3 Waterways ........................................................................................................................................................ 23 6.3.1 Floods ............................................................................................................................................................... 26 6.4 Geology ............................................................................................................................................................ 30 7. Built Environment ........................................................................................................................................... 35 7.1 Information and telecommunications ................................................................................................................ 35 7.2 Energy .............................................................................................................................................................. 37 7.2.1 Energy distribution ............................................................................................................................................ 37 7.2.2 Electricity .......................................................................................................................................................... 38 7.2.3 Solar and Wind ................................................................................................................................................. 40 7.2.4 Gas ................................................................................................................................................................... 41 7.2.5 Liquid fuels ....................................................................................................................................................... 43 7.3 Food, grocery and manufacturing .................................................................................................................... 43 7.3.1 Food supply chain ............................................................................................................................................ 44 7.4 Transport .......................................................................................................................................................... 45 7.4.1 Transport infrastructure .................................................................................................................................... 45 7.4.2 Roads ............................................................................................................................................................... 46 7.4.3 Rail .................................................................................................................................................................... 54 7.4.4 Air ..................................................................................................................................................................... 57 7.5 Water and wastewater ...................................................................................................................................... 57 7.5.1 Water ................................................................................................................................................................ 57 7.5.2 Emergency water supply points ....................................................................................................................... 61 7.5.3 Wastewater ....................................................................................................................................................... 61 7.6 Waste and recycling ......................................................................................................................................... 62 7.6.1 Landfill .............................................................................................................................................................. 62 7.6.2 Recycling .......................................................................................................................................................... 65 Page 2 of 128 Date: 14 September 2020 FINAL 2.0 Public Version Environmental Scan Report: Hume Region 7.7 Government services ........................................................................................................................................ 65 7.7.1 Prisons and community correctional facilities................................................................................................... 66 7.7.2 Law courts ........................................................................................................................................................ 66 7.8 Emergency services ......................................................................................................................................... 66 7.8.1 Ambulance stations .......................................................................................................................................... 67 7.8.2 Police stations .................................................................................................................................................. 68 7.8.3 Fire stations, lookouts and refuges .................................................................................................................. 69 7.8.4 SES ................................................................................................................................................................... 78 7.8.5 Volunteer Coast Guard Flotillas ....................................................................................................................... 79 7.8.6 Emergency Coordination Facilities ................................................................................................................... 79 7.9 Other infrastructure assets and industries ........................................................................................................ 81 7.9.1 Infrastructure and industries ............................................................................................................................. 81 7.9.2 Dependencies ................................................................................................................................................... 82 7.9.3 Tourism infrastructure ....................................................................................................................................... 83 7.9.4 Cladding fire safety risk .................................................................................................................................... 83 8. Social Environment ........................................................................................................................................ 85 8.1 Population ......................................................................................................................................................... 85 8.1.1 Current population ...........................................................................................................................................