Water
Hay Shire Council operates the town water scheme, providing Raw and Filtered water. Residences within the Shire are required to connect to these schemes where they are available. Only residences outside the designated areas are required to provide their own access to water.
Anyone wishing to connect a new service to the water system needs to complete an application form (below) and pay the relevant fees.
Please see policies below relating to Council’s water supply:
Integrated Water Cycle Management
Hay Shire Council initiated a review and update of its 2017 Integrated Water Cycle Management (IWCM) Strategy due to its changing needs and emerging risks. The updated IWCM strategy will guide Council to program for infrastructure and services in a manner that is sustainable, cost effective and compliant to the relevant legislation and standards
Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) Requirements
Water schemes for Hay and South Hay are operated under an Environmental Protection Licence (No. 3237), issued by EPA NSW.
Council has prepared a pollution incident response management plan for this licence, in accordance with the requirements set out in part 5.7A of the POEO Act:
Licencees are now required to publish monitoring data that has been collected as a result of a licence condition, in accordance with section 66(6) of the POEO Act:
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