Stage 4 Water Restrictions and Sport

With the possible introduction of Stage 4 water restrictions in the ACT from the middle of 2008, the information detailed below has been complied to assist in educating the industry about this critical issue. Sport and Recreation Services will be continually updating the below fact sheets as more information becomes available.

Latest News

• NZ Sports Turf Institute - Best Use Modelling Project (  PDF 1Mb) 

• NZ Sports Turf Institute - Data Summary Tables and Ground by Ground Recommendations (  PDF 8Mb) 

• Smart Connection Company - Synthetic Sports Surface Feasibility (  PDF 1Mb) 

• All Dried Up DVD - DOWNLOAD NOW ( avi 23Mb) Transcript (HTML) - NEW!

• Sustaining Sport in a Drought Environment Grant Program recipients 

• Stage 4 Water Restrictions update from ACTEW - 11/02/2008 ( Word 98Kb)

Climate Change and Drought Response Industry Meeting - 26 June 2008

• Long Term Plan and GIS Work - Dr David Deeley 

          Part 1 (  PDF 5Mb) 

          Part 2 (  PDF 3.7Mb)

• Diagnostic Review of Priority 1 Sportsgrounds in the ACT  - Keith McAuliffe, Sports Turf Institute

          Part 1 (  PDF 4.2Mb)

          Part 2 (  PDF 3.6Mb) 

          Part 3 (  PDF 4.7Mb)

• Synthetic Surface Feasibility Study - Martin Sheppard, Smart Connection Company (  PDF 4.1Mb)
• ACT Water Management Plan - Trevor Monson, Parsons Brinckerhoff  (  PDF 5.2 Mb)    
• GIS Work -  Teik Oh 

          Part 1 (  PDF 4.4Mb) 

          Part 2 (  PDF 2.9Mb)

Response from ACTEW -  "All Dried Up"

In October 2007, ACTEW responded to the "All Dried Up" report compiled by Sport and Recreation Services (SRS).

In their response, ACTEW signalled their intention is to provide exemptions to 114 venues, nominated in the "All Dried Up", that fall in the following categories;

• Users that require a relatively small amount of potable water;
• Users that require water for health and hygiene requirements;
• National and Internationally recognised venues;
• Identified ‘moratorium’ facilities for a time period to be specified by ACTEW when formally granting the exemptions;
• Alternate strategy by sports (bowls) to reduce the number of greens across all clubs to achieve a 50% cut in greens overall; and
• All Priority 1 listed facilities.

A listing of facilities that fall into these categories can be found in the Facility Audit spreadsheet.

It should be noted that any exemptions proposed as part of ACTEW’s Stage 4 – Tier 1 plan are not in place or final until the relevant stage of water restrictions is declared and ACTEW formally grants the exemptions to the individual venues.

All venue managers and sports have been advised of the outcomes and of the next steps required in the process. Please continue to check this page for further updates.

2nd Whole of Sport Information Session - 13 August 2007

• Sue Marriage Presentation(  Powerpoint 233Kb)
• Peter Gordon Presentation(  Powerpoint 350Kb)
• Facility Audit (  PDF 149Kb)

Additional Information

The following information may assist sports in identifying practical alternatives to use the potable water.

• Media Release - Further delays to Stage 4Water Restrictions ( Word 96Kb)
• ACT Water catchment areas - Location of dams
• ACTEW Fact Sheet - Murrumbidgee River Abstraction ( PDF 104Kb)
• Cost Estimates for tanks and water tankers ( Word 130Kb)
  
  This document has been compiled to allow sports to get a brief understanding of the costs associated with installing a water tank(plastic or concrete) and the costs involved in trucking water(i.e.from the lower Molonglo catchment area). All costs have been provided on an estimate basis - to allow sports to understand the 'ball park' figures involved in the process. For definite costs sports will need to contact the manufactures/suppliers directly and discuss their individual needs.
• ACT Health Fact Sheet on Reuse of Recycled Water ( PDF 86Kb) - This fact sheet provided by ACT Health outlines the ways in which recycled water can be used and stored.
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) 25 June 2007( Word 117Kb)
• Map of North Canberra Effluent Reuse Scheme
• Description of grass types - ACT Government Sportsgrounds( Excel 45Kb)

Grounds with such couch grass will look to be dead during the winter months due to coach being in a dormant state. The grounds will not look aesthetically pleasing but do provide a safe and stable surface to play conventional cool season grass varieties.

Venue Managers Meeting 7 June 2007

• Venue Managers Meeting Agenda ( Word 137Kb)
• Venue Manager Facility Audit Template ( Word 295kb)
• Facility Audit Presentation ( Powerpoint 180Kb)
• Venue Managers Meeting Presentation Sue Marriage ( Powerpoint 42Kb)
• Consultative Process - Updated 6 June 2007 ( Word 92Kb)
• Where to from here ( Word 45Kb)
• FAQ Updated - 6 June ( Word 110kb)
• Community Water Web

All Sport Forum 30 May 2007

• Consultation Process ( Word 90Kb)
• Effective Field Management ( Word 44Kb)
• FAQ's 30/05/07 ( Word 34Kb)
• The Way Forward ( Word 41Kb)
• Sport and Recreation Presentation ( Powerpoint 138Kb)

*** Documents on this page are presented in Portable Document Format (PDF) and a PDF reader is required for viewing. If you encounter problems viewing these files please contact Sport and Recreation Services on 6207 2111 for an alternative version.