I have asked numerous questions of the Byron Shire Council’s (BSC’s) executive staff and engineering without getting any real answers, let’s try again.
What is the annual cost of exporting BSC’s landfill to elsewhere and the total cost of this to date?
Myocum quarry, just metres away, is no longer being used as a quarry and would be ideal for a landfill site. Has this site been considered for landfill?
Also, regarding the inflow infiltration occurring in the sewer gravity mains on the eastern side of Mullumbimby and throughout the CBD. How long will it be before action is taken to fix this problem? The current plant at Brunswick Valley has overflowed the treatment plant’s confines during rain events on numerous occasions. These plants do not like being hydraulically overloaded. The infiltration problem is not going to improve, it will continue to worsen. What is being considered to alleviate this problem?
Water and Sewer had a contractor in Mullumbimby for the last five years who was supposedly meant to reline the problem mains. To date has there been evidence shown to confirm any of the real problem areas were relined successfully?
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