This community consultation has now closed.
At its April Ordinary Meeting, Council resolved to place the Draft Integrated Water Cycle Management (IWCM) Strategy on public exhibition. The community is invited to review and provide feedback on the draft strategy.
The IWCM strategy is a 30-year strategy for the provision of appropriate, affordable, cost-effective, and sustainable urban water services that meet community needs and protect public health and the environment.
The Strategy:
- Identifies the water supply and sewerage needs of a local water utility
- Right sizes any infrastructure projects and determines their priority
- Identifies the lowest level of stable Typical Residential Bill (TRB) to meet the agreed levels of service
- Includes a 30-year Total Asset Management Plan (TAMP) and Financial Plan
- Identifies strategies to mitigate identified organisation risks such as drought, water quality, health-based targets, climate change and community expectations on levels of service.
The nominated growth and Levels of Service (LOS) targets are the key drivers that impact the development of the Total Asset Management Plan (TAMP). The 30-year financial plan determines the revenue requirements to support the TAMP and forecasts the Typical Residential Bill and the Developer Charge for the preferred strategy.
The process is iterative, an affordable level of service and TRB is determined through community and stakeholder consultation.
Developer Charges
The IWCM Strategy has included preliminary Developer charges for water and wastewater, however it should be noted that if Council adopts the IWCM Strategy, they will not be adopting the nominated developer charges. The developer charges will be finalised in a separate plan later this year and will be placed on public exhibition for comment.
Information Session
To support our community’s understanding of the draft strategy, Council invites residents to attend an IWCM Strategy Information Session at the Urunga Senior Citizens Meeting Room. The session, held between 5:30 pm and 6:30 pm on Tuesday 19 May, will include a presentation about the draft IWCM Strategy and a Q&A session.
Have Your Say
The community is invited to review and provide feedback on the draft document before its final adoption. You can access the draft plan by following the link below:
Bellingen IWCM Strategy(PDF, 5MB)
Submit your written submission by completing the short form below, or by emailing or posting your submission directly to Council:
Email: Council@bellingen.nsw.gov.au
Mail: Bellingen Shire Council, PO Box 117, Bellingen NSW 2454
The draft strategy will be open for community feedback until 20 May at 5:00 PM.