What happened to Project Care?
Annual Conference
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Project CARE is a programme aimed at improving beach water quality by reducing wastewater overflows into streams and beaches in North Shore City. A $231 million (in 2002 dollars) improvement programme was approved in 2002 to achieve a target of 2 wet weather overflows per annum by 2021. This programme has enormous support from the council and the community. Another Project CARE commitment was to review the programme every six years to ensure the target will be met in 2021 at least cost.
The first six yearly review was recently completed. The programme is well underway and on target. The total costs for the programme have escalated mainly due to inflation and market forces, outside the control of council. To date $124 million dollars have been spent and another $303 million (in 2008 dollars) are required to complete the programme. Council has agreed to increase the budget to complete the programme in 2021, which shows its ongoing commitment to the community despite difficult financial times.
The paper will provided details around the actual and future system performance using hydraulic modeling, how the cost have changed and many observations and lessons learned that are worth sharing.