At the Council meeting of 10 October 2022, we’ll be providing a project update regarding the Freshwater Lake Review including the Stage Two Community Engagement summary which details the analysis and common themes of community feedback.
A further report is anticipated to be brought before Council at the meeting of 12 December 2022 seeking endorsement of a preferred option to proceed into development of a detailed design and investigation following the conclusion of the caretaker period.
Project background
In this Stage Two consultation process, we advised the community that we are seeking their feedback on the future options for Freshwater Lake. The options were described and useful information was provided about each of the options to inform respondents to then invite community feedback on options.
The future options for Freshwater Lake are as follows:
- Option 1: Maintain the lake in its current form with existing maintenance and management practices.
- Option 2: Retain the lake in its current form with structural and management improvements to permanently enhance lake performance water quality, operations, and management.
- Within Option 2, an explanation of was provided for the two different methods that can improve water quality – Option 2A: off-line treatment and Option 2B: in-line treatment.
- Option 2A: Off-line treatment - Maintain the lake in its current form with structural & management improvements to permanently enhance lake performance and quality, operations, and management.
- Option 2B: In-line treatment - Maintain the lake in its current form with structural and management improvements to permanently enhance lake performance and quality, operations, and management.
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