Upgraded facility: Seymour Golf Club president Matt O'Sullivan (Left) and Goulburn Valley Water operations manager Steve Nash at the newly installed tanks at the Seymour Golf Club. Photo: Faith Macale
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Seymour Golf Club has become the fifth course to reap the rewards of a collaboration with Goulburn Valley Water.
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Recent infrastructure upgrades now enable the delivery of superior recycled water to the 18-hole golf course.
Before the upgrade by Goulburn Valley Water, the club's watering system relied on a dam, now replaced with two 55-kilolitre tanks.
Goulburn Valley Water Managing Director Steve Capewell said using some of the recycled water produced from GVW’s 26 wastewater management facilities for projects like this was a significant coup for all involved in the initiative.
“This water is suitable for a variety of uses, including in sustainably irrigating green spaces at recreational and sporting facilities in our towns – like golf clubs,” he said.
“Our partnership with the Seymour Golf Club is an example of further developing a circular economy that can result in a great outcome for our customers.”
The upgraded recycled water treatment and delivery system now efficiently irrigates the course's six kilometres of fairways and greens.
Upgrades include two 55-kilolitre tanks to store fully treated recycled water and a new disinfection system to increase water quality and improve monitoring and automation.
Historically, the club's annual water usage of 80-90 megalitres accounted for roughly 20 per cent of the town's available recycled water.
The use of lower-quality water had diminished the irrigation system's efficiency, prompting the formation of a working group to devise a new delivery approach.
The result is a more efficient irrigation system that allows for automated water delivery to the course and provides a pathway for the potential future installation of a new purple recycled water standpipe in Seymour.
Club President Matt O’Sullivan said the higher quality water had enabled the club to invest in a new irrigation system that doesn’t need volunteers to operate manually.
Swinging by: Golfers (L-R) Damian Humphrey, Greek Pell, Luke Rogan, and Gary Wright enjoy Seymour Golf Club's lush fairways. Photo: Faith Macale
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“It is so much easier for our volunteers, having the tanks and the automated system is saving them three hours a day – which equates to a round of golf,” he said.
“Now they simply operate the system using their phones.”
Mr O’Sullivan praises initial project members John Callaghan, Graham Welsh, Jon Muscovich, and James Bottaro.
Mr O’Sullivan said Seymour’s fairways had been arguably the best in the district during the summer, and the quality of water was chiefly responsible for the improvement.
“Moving forward, we are hoping this new water partnership can take us to a level where our fairways are as good as something you would see on the border,” he said.
The innovative tanks have superseded pond storage, mirroring the system adopted by neighbouring courses in the GVW's southern service area.
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