F21
Issued 1/5/1999

91 Hammond Avenue, PO Box 456
Wagga Wagga NSW 2650
Phone 02 6922 0608 Fax: 02 6921 2241
Email: admin@rwcc.com.au

Goals

Services - objectives & targets
Reticulated water supply is to be available to all urban areas and villages within the County District. It will also be available to land within the rural area, where supply lines exist or can be laid at a practical and economically recoverable cost.

Pressure and Flow
Provide pressures between 12 and 120 metres head of water in the reticulation system whilst conveying not less than 6 litres per minute per residential connection.

Provide water to each residential connection at an available flow rate not less than:

Consumption Restrictions in Droughts

• Restrictions should not be applied for longer than 5% of the time.
• Restrictions should not be imposed more often than once every 10 years on average.
• The water supply system should be able to supply 80% of normal demand (ie 20% reduction in consumption) through a repeat of the worst drought on record.

Peak Day Demand
5000 litres/tenement/day

Interruptions to Supply
Planned
Domestic customers will receive 24 hours written notice and industrial customers will receive 7 days written notice.

Unplanned
Not to occur more than 2 times per year if lasting up to 12 hours.
Not to occur more than 5 times per year if lasting up to 5 hours.

Water for Fire-Fighting
Water will be available from reticulation fire hydrants for fire-fighting at minimum flow rates determined by guidelines for specific types of development as set out in Local Government Regulations and the conditions established by the NSW Fire Brigade.

Should meet the 1996 Drinking Water Quality guidelines in Australia, published jointly by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Agriculture & Resource Management Council of Australia & New Zealand.