Provision of a fit-for-purpose sewerage system for residents in unsewered areas who are unable to contain their wastewater within their property using septic systems.

Yarra Valley Water’s Community Sewerage Program seeks to provide properties that cannot contain wastewater via customer owned and maintained septic systems, with a fit- for-purpose sewerage system.

As part of one of the delivery projects of the Park Orchards and Ringwood North Community Sewerage Area, a trial area of 100 properties in the Park Orchards area has been selected to test and understand the potential to maximise the use of on-property treatment and application of wastewater within the local community. Technologies under evaluation include the use of upgraded on-site septic systems, with irrigation where possible, and the construction of a sewer network for remaining properties that cannot contain their wastewater on-site. It is intended that the outcomes of this trial will inform the provision of a fit-for-purpose sewerage system for the broader Park Orchards Community Sewerage area, encompassing over 1,200 properties in both Park Orchards and Ringwood North. The servicing approach used could include installing a reticulated sewerage network, installing on-site systems or a combination of both.