Yass Valley Council is seeking approval to redirect sewage flow into the new Yarrah sewage pump station to decommission the Laidlaw Street sewage station in the future.
Yarrah project manager Jack Walker said the council is attempting to reduce operational costs and increase efficiency for the community.
Jack said the Yarrah development team were happy to oblige council by increasing the size of their sewage pump station.
Pump stations are notoriously expensive from an operational perspective so having one rather than two is seemingly more economically efficient.
“We were happy to see how we could work with council and deliver a better, more efficient outcome for the community by reducing infrastructure and operational expenses,” Jack said.
“It looks like we’ve been able to do that and will continue to work with council and council staff to deliver better outcomes where it’s possible.”
Director for Infrastructure and Assets James Dugdell and other council staff have been great to deal with Jack said.
“He’s been engaging with our development team and his staff have been engaging as well and it looks like there’s a solution there that works,” he said. “It’ll help council and the community.”
Jack said increasing the size of Yarrah’s sewage pump station to accommodate council doesn’t affect their workload.
“It’s not any impact upon us from a work perspective, so it fits within the program,” he said.
“It’s not going to delay us in any way and council can help deliver a better outcome for ratepayers.”
“We think it’s a good thing,” he said. “We’re rate payers as well so it’s a positive.”
By Brianna O’Rourke
