Council rejects water extension

PYRENEES Shire Council has rejected an application from the Beaufort Golf Club to extend an agreement to pump water from the Beaufort Lake to maintain its greens.
Council met recently to consider whether to renew an expired agreement for use of water from Beaufort Lake for Beaufort Golf Course for an additional period of one year.
Council entered into a ten year agreement with the club in 2014 for the irrigation use of water from the Beaufort Lake.
Since the 2014 agreement, several sporting clubs including the Beaufort Golf Club now receive recycled water from the Beaufort Treatment Plant.
However council officers were notified that the club is currently unable to pump water from their recycled storage tanks due to a power connection issue, hence the request  for the use of “emergency” irrigation water from the Beaufort Lake.