The fundamentals

I’ve been waiting for this subject to “come up in conversation” for some time... Anyway, here are my thoughts on the fundamentals....

Rubbish, Water and Sewerage

Rubbish, water and sewerage are some of the important “back room” functions that council controls that we often take for granted. They are a bit like Oxygen, We don’t realise how much we need it until it is not there.

 Often water and sewerage infrastructure is installed and maintained in an ad-hoc manner as issues arise. We need to ensure that water and sewerage infrastructure is managed and programmed replacement can occur as necessary. We don’t want to wake up one morning to realise that the whole thing is worn out and needs replacing NOW. The cost would be astronomical.

 Waste disposal is an issue that is going to become more and more of a problem as time goes by. As communities grow, there is more demand for waste disposal, but it gets harder and harder to construct and maintain these kinds of facilities. We are already seeing this with the recent decision by DERM to disallow the construction of a new refuse pit at Mitchell. Council will need to look for new and novel ways to manage their waste.