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WATER HARVESTING AT WAGIN

Rainfall

436 mm (2009). Area of catchment: 3 km²
Water runoff over 3 km²: 100,000 litres per 1 mm average per year
Runoff from Go-Kart track to White Dam: 9,000kl.

Weir

Grundfos pumps 5.5kw / 17.5kw 3-phase
Weir to Dam's pipeline with a 3km lead and 26.18 metre head.
Litres pumped per hour: 27,000 litres at a cost of 5 cents per litre.

Capacity

White Dam: 23,000 kl
Brown Dam: 27,000 kl
Bowling Club Dam: 9,000 kl

Ovals

Town Oval grassed area of 4 ha - water usage per year 30,000 kl.
School Oval grassed area of 2.5 ha -water usage per year 15,000 kl.

To water the Town Oval with Scheme water costs $45,000 compared with Dam water $9,000. To water the School Oval with Scheme water costs $22,500 compared with Dam water $4,500. This is a total saving of $54,000 per year.

Wetlands (Ram Park)

Water pumped from the Bowling Club dam to Wetlands 4,000 kl to 6,000 kl per year, which is a saving of $4,000 - $7,000 per year on scheme water.

Supplied by: Allen Hicks, Shire of Wagin
Email: shire@wagin.wa.gov.au
Website: www.wagin.wa.gov.au