Upgrades to the Norsewood Water Treatment Plant have been completed and the plant is going through a commissioning phase to ensure continuity of service and surety of operations. The plant has already begun supplying treated water to the Norsewood Community.

Upgrades to the plant include new Iron & Manganese removing softener units, UV Filtration System to eliminate harmful micro-organisms, a new 30,000L water tank, new reticulation pumps and SCADA controls and the replumbing and cleaning of existing tanks.

Residents may still experience some discolouration of water, but this will lessen over time. Flushing of the Norsewood reticulation network is still planned in the near future and we will keep the community informed when this happens.

Vandalism at the Norsewood Water Treatment Plant

The Norsewood Water Treatment Plant did experience some unfortunate vandalism in recent weeks where individuals entered the site and turned off all the valves from the reservoir tanks to pumps and the reticulation valves to Norsewood. This act could have cost Council about $75,000 and stopped the supply to the community for up to 8 hours. It has also meant that we have had to pay for extra security measures to ensure that it does not happen again.

If you witness people causing damage or trespassing on Council property, please make a report to the police and inform Council. Unfortunately, we are seeing more careless vandalism in our communities, and it is costly to Council and ratepayers.