VALUABLE STORMWATER HARVEST FOR WA WHEATBELT TOWN

摘要

A completed stormwater harvesting project in the Shire of Beverley - about 130 kilometres east of Perth - will provide more than 22 million litres of extra water per year for use by the community. The project involved construction of two stormwater retention basins with a combined capacity of four million litres to capture water from the town's streets. As the basins fill during high rainfall events, water is pumped to existing tanks at sports ovals and to the 20 megalitre town dam to optimise storage. Optimisation of storage in the dam may, in the future, provide emergency livestock water for farmers during dry periods and water for firefighting needs.