Gippsland Links Pty Ltd

Number 7, September 2011

Gippsland Links is delighted to inform our presales purchasers and our friends at the Sale Golf Club of the most significant breakthrough in the water and wastewater issues.

The concepts proposed for this development are:

·         A potable water treatment plant and associated reticulation to provide drinking water quality water for kitchen and hand basin use (ie: meeting the requirements of the Victorian “The Safe Drinking Water Act”). The construction of this system would be undertaken before Stage 1a ;

·         Permanent water harvesting for each residence, the golf club house and resort via rain water tanks for water supply to laundry, bathroom (showers/baths/spas/hotwater) (In line with the Victorian Government document “ Rainwater use in and around the house” – part of the “Our Water Our Future” series;

·         A Low Pressure System for the collection and transfer of wastewater in the development, to a locally based Class A/Class C wastewater treatment plant;

·         A “two pipe” reticulation system to allow for reuse of treated wastewater for golf course watering, toilet flushing, garden watering and fire services; and,

·         A stormwater harvesting process to provide additional water to the treated wastewater system.

This system is innovative and provides a modern solution to the water and wastewater issues at the development. The water management solution meets state Government guidelines. The wastewater concept has been prepared for submission to the EPA for approval that our consultants expect will be forthcoming. The persistently flooded Latrobe floodplain makes previous agreed concepts with Gippsland Water Corporation not viable in the short term.

Because the Longford region is not a designated water and sewer area, we are advised that we do not require the Gippsland Water Corporation input on this integrated water management system. The system will be built to the highest world standards by Laurie Curran Water and owned by the Vantage Point Residents Association. Hence the purchasers are likely to enjoy significant savings on water rates and have a water quality and taste that we believe will attract people to the development.

The concept has the advantage of increasing water access to Sale Golf Club beyond 261ML and protecting that water supply against salinity. We have provided the redevelopment committee with a study on likely water requirements (160ML per year) to irrigate the course.