Swansea water project
Welcome to the Swansea water project page
The Swansea Water Project is an $8.5 million project resulting from an agreement between the State Government of Tasmania, Glamorgan Spring Bay Council and Hobart Water to provide Swansea with high quality, potable drinking water by the summer of 2009/10.
To achieve this, Hobart Water is dedicating a Project Team to construct a 400ML storage dam, build new pipelines and a treatment plant to treat water to Australian Drinking Water Guideline standards.
This project provides numerous benefits to the Glamorgan Spring Bay municipality, directly benefiting approximately 650 Swansea houses and businesses through removing the boil alert status. This in turn will support tourism and future economic development.
This page will be updated as new information emerges. If you wish to provide feedback on the project, please feel free to email swanseawaterproject@hobartwater.com.au
October 2008
We are pleased to announce the development application for the project will be submitted to Council in the week ending 7 November 2008. Both the dam application and the water licence for Meredith River have also been submitted. The Department of Primary Industries and Water are also processing the transfer of the water licence for the Swan River from Glamorgan Spring Bay Council to Hobart Water.
Earlier this month a Community Leader Briefing and Community Information Session were held in Swansea. Both sessions provided a great opportunity to introduce members of the team, meet some of the residents, business owners and ratepayers and share information on the project. Regular Community Leader Briefings have been scheduled across the Glamorgan Spring Bay municipality, look out for advertising closer to the event time.
Latest updates
We will provide regular updates on coming events and opportunities to find out more about the Swansea Water Project.