Upgrades have recently been made to the Shire of Moora’s sewerage, drainage and wastewater treatment infrastructure, to increase capacity and the benefits provided to the environment and community.
Throughout Moora, in the Wheatbelt of WA, there are seven sewage and wastewater pump stations. The location of each one has been selected based on topography, distance from each other and the amount of wastewater generated in the area.
Water is automatically pumped from one station to another until it eventually reaches the first wastewater treatment lagoon.
There are five lagoons in Moora.
Each one has a role to play in allowing a series of natural biological and mechanical processes to take place to separate and break particles down. Once the water is fully processed, it is used to irrigate Apex Park, the football oval and hockey fields.
Earthworks have been carried out around the wastewater treatment lagoons to improve capacity and staff access.
A salt-chlorination system has been installed at the fifth lagoon, in lieu of gas-chlorination. A grant of $100,000 was received from the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) as part of their Community Water Supply Program. The grant has allowed the shire to future proof and ensure reliability, safety and cost-affectability by building-in redundancy and installing the most advanced technology suitable for our system.
Solar panels are being installed at the second wastewater treatment lagoon and the swimming pool. They are currently waiting on the installer to carry out the work, once this has been completed a high-volume PVC pipe will be placed between some of the lagoons to increase the amount of treated water available to the town.
A trenched irrigation system has replaced the water-cannon on the hockey fields. This will improved water coverage and allow irrigation to occur at night, via a new automated system.
Apex Park will be greener in summer, because we have access to a greater amount of irrigation water. It will be on a set watering system each week, along with the football oval and hockey fields.
