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www.echo.net.au 4WD driver fined nearly $5,000 after National park trespass
Tabulam at at about 3.20am Saturday, 11 November, after reports of a single-vehicle crash.
A 4WD driver who ignored signs advising a Northern Rivers national park was closed, got stuck and abandoned the car, has been fined nearly $5,000 for the adventure.
Have your say on angled parking, in-ground sensors in Ballina CBD
Wanted: Northern Rivers hospital volunteers Thirty volunteers have donated nearly a thousand hours of time and care to hospitals across the Northern Rivers since June as part of an official program launched this year.
Celebrating 30 years of Big Scrub conservation Big Scrub Rainforest celebrations will take place between 23-26 November to celebrate 25 years of the Big Scrub Rainforest Day and 30 years since the formation of the Big Scrub Rainforest Conservancy.
Two dead in Tabulam stolen car crash Emergency services were called to Plains Station Road,
In-ground parking sensors would be introduced to Ballina’s central business district under changes to council policy recommended by consultants hired to carry out a recent parking study.
Overnight lane closures for Pacific Motorway, Tweed Heads Greenway Drive overpass will have lane closures overnight from Sunday, 19 November to Thursday, 23 November for maintenance work.
Learn about preventing violence against women A new report released by White Ribbon has revealed that 86 per cent of men say they have a role to play in taking action against violence but only six per cent take action to prevent it. Nearly two-thirds (64 per cent) believe that ‘not being an offender’ is doing enough to help end violence against women.
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main purposes of these vents is to avoid odour issues, not create them.’
Did you know that the sewer needs to ‘breathe’? The place that quietly deals with all those little pressies we deliver via a quick flush of the toilet needs a little fresh air to make sure they are processed effectively and without too much stench. This little nugget of information came to the fore following the October 26 Tweed Shire Council (TSC) meeting after residents near the intersection of McAllisters Road and Buenavista Ave and surrounding areas in Bilambil Heights sent a petition to TSC ‘to stop all future works from construction’ and for ‘designers to go back to the drawing board to investigate and find alternative locations that is not out the front of someone’s home and other homes where residents are affected by stink pipe’. According to a spokesperson from TSC there are ‘about 225 vents across the Tweed’s gravity sewer network and another 12 ground-mounted vents’ and they are ‘required under the Plumbing Code of Australia (AS 3500). These vents are in addition to the smaller odour vents commonly found on all houses as part of sewerage services to the home’. Mayor Chris Cherry was quick to explain that ‘when we are providing our sewage services, these kinds of vents where the system can take in fresh air make sure that what’s transported in the pipes doesn’t
Not toxic The Tweed also has 214 sewer pump stations which all have vent poles, the majority located in residential areas. ‘This is a normal part of living in an urban environment that we have these vents,’ said Cr Cherry. ‘They don’t create toxic fumes. The worst that they can give off is a sulphuric kind of a thing, but that is then dissipated into the atmosphere. So it’s not going to create a health risk for our residents.’
Review conducted One of the vents at 1 Liriope Street, Casuarina. Photo supplied become anaerobic. When it doesn’t have enough oxygen then it actually becomes a lot stinkier. ‘It is important to have these kinds of vents everywhere and as we heard in community access earlier today, every house does have a small vent for exactly the same purpose. There’s only one time when they will produce odours and that is if a system fails.’ A spokesperson for TSC confirmed the purpose of the vents telling The Echo that the vents, ‘allow the sewerage network to “breathe” by allowing air to leave the system as well as for air to be sucked into the system. One of the
After being alerted to residents’ concerns, Council’s Engineering team conducted a review of the design of the 10m vent stack and its placement. Their findings are as follows: ‘The manhole selected (located at the corner of McAllister Road and Buenavista Drive) for the 10-metre-high vent is deemed the most appropriate option. Other options increase the risk of sewer overflows or have the potential to impact the operation of residences’ internal plumbing.’ ‘More details about sewer ventilation, including information about the 10-metre-high vents, can be found on our website at tweed.nsw. gov.au/sewer-ventilation.’ Q Read full story on The Echo online: www.echo.net.au.
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