Invitation for public comment
The following notice is published pursuant to Section 98 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC).
ACTEW Corporation proposes to construct and operate an underground pipeline that can transfer up to 100 megalitres/day of water from the Murrumbidgee River (within the ACT) to Burra Creek (in NSW). Water discharged into the Burra Creek will flow along the creek for approximately 13km to the Googong Reservoir.
The project infrastructure includes an intake/low lift pump station, a high lift pump station, an underground pipeline, an outlet structure, ancillary infrastructure (power supply) and a mini-hydro power generator.
The proposed project has been deemed a ‘controlled action’ under the EPBC Act due to the likely impact on listed threatened species (sections 18 and 18A) and the environment on Commonwealth land (sections 26 and 17A), and that the proposed project will be assessed by Public Environment Report (PER).
The PER for the proposed project, including the original referral documentation and the findings of specialist studies undertaken, will be on display from Friday 23 April to Monday 24 May 2010.
These documents can also be downloaded from the ACTEW Corporation website (
click here), viewed at Canberra Connect shopfronts, the Civic Library, the Queanbeyan Library and at the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts Library, John Gorton Building, Barton.
Interested persons and organisations are invited to comment in writing on the draft report of the proposal by 5.00pm on 24 May 2010. Written submissions can be sent to:
Post: ACTEW Water Security Projects, GPO Box 366, Canberra City 2601
Email: watersecurity@actew.com.au
For further information see ACTEW's website or phone our community information line on (02) 6248 3563.