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1653686-007-M-Rev3
TO Mr Matthew Berry
Planning Unit, Glenelg Shire Council
CC Garrett Hall
Dear Matthew,
Waste water treatment is required to manage potential odour impacts from the stockyard area, and to
effectively process nutrients from effluent which may otherwise contaminate land, surface water and
groundwater. The information below is provisional, and provided to Council in advance of the waste water
treatment design being assessed and finalised for inclusion within the Works Approval Application (WAA) for
the Goolagar Stock Holding Facility proposal.
Please note that the elements in the figure above are not to scale and finalised concept dimensions
proposed will be included within the WAA.
Treated water from the reed bed will overflow into a network of perforated pipes which would potentially
extend to surrounding paddocks and provide irrigation water. The pipe network would likely comprise
perforated irrigation pipes dug shallowly into the surrounding paddock or paddocks and then covered with a
layer of soil and turf sufficient to prevent pipe crushing.
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Kadlec and Wallace, 2009, Treatment Wetlands, 2nd Ed. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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Mr Matthew Berry 1653686-007-M-Rev3
Planning Unit, Glenelg Shire Council 28 July 2016
management systems2. Reed beds facilitate a variety of biological processes that are either anaerobic (no
oxygen) or aerobic (with oxygen introduced by the roots of reeds) enabling microorganisms to break down
the contaminants into nutrients that can be absorbed by plant matter. As these processes are time
dependent, it is considered that wastewater is to remain in the wetland for a minimum period of 7 days.
Contaminants such as ammonia and phosphate are known to accumulate in wetlands over time resulting in
a reduction in the treatment capacity. However, considering the periodic nature of the operation, the site will
not be actively producing a wastewater stream for around half of the year. Because operations would not be
full time across Goolagar, the wetlands would likely have sufficient time to recharge their treatment capacity
between stock consignments.
5.0 CLOSURE
Should Davis Advisory or Goolagar have any questions, or need any clarification in relation to this concept,
please do not hesitate to contact either Garrett Hall or Kathryn Williams.
Kind regards
GOLDER ASSOCIATES PTY LTD
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Lismore City Council, 2015, The Use of Reed Beds for the Treatment of Sewage & Wastewater from Domestic Households, Lismore City Council, NSW, Australia
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