Gosford City Council -bon footprint. It is estimated that the project will generate savings of about 80 million litres of treated water per year. The initiative – valued at nearly $7 million − was created in response to the region’s most recent drought, which saw water reserves plummet to as low as 10 per cent of their normal levels. “A number of years ago, the Central Coast was in the grips of a pretty horrendous drought,” says Paul Anderson. “Sporting fields, reserves, and gardens, among other things, were suffering because they were not only being starved of natural rainwater, but they were also being deprived of watering due to the pretty severe water restrictions that were put in place by the councils on the Central Coast. This project allows us to not waste treated water for purposes it was never intended to be used for.” Both schemes received $2million in funding through the Australian Government’s National Urban Water and Desalination Plan, and $1.6 million through the NSW Government’s Central Coast Water Savings Fund. Gosford City Council also devoted
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