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Domestic Wastewater Management Plan

Golden Plains Shire

RMCG was engaged by the Shire to prepare a domestic wastewater management plan (DWMP).

RMCG reviewed and analysed current information and existing data, undertook stakeholder engagement to determine current and/or projected concerns related to domestic wastewater in the Shire, analysed and critiqued previous risk assessment matrices and developed a suitable risk assessment matrix for the prioritisation of Domestic Wastewater Management actions in Golden Plains Shire, reviewed and prepared town profiles, assessed capability of existing lots within priority township areas as to their suitability for sustainable onsite land application of effluent and prepared a land capability assessment tool.

Information gathered from these activities fed into the completion of the DWMP that met the Shire’s objectives in terms of policies and strategies for managing domestic wastewater.

Team

Duncan Wallis

Duncan Wallis

Associate

BEng (Ag), MEng (Env), CPEng.

Duncan is a Chartered Engineer with 25 years’ experience in environmental, irrigation, agricultural, drinking water, domestic wastewater, sewerage, trade waste, recycled water and catchment management engineering in the public and private sectors.

He specialises in water related infrastructure planning and investigations and uses skills and tools such as GIS mapping, spatial data analysis and network analysis to develop practical solutions to complex problems and uses the ‘power’ of spatial data analysis to convey information effectively.

He can communicate technical concepts in non-technical forums and has experience consulting and working with farmers and landholders, government departments and wider community on route planning for pipelines and shared trails including rail trails. He has recently prepared successful EPA works approval applications for major food processing companies and expert witness statements in agricultural settings.

Duncan is currently involved in Australian Water and Wastewater’s mentor program and reviews articles for their Water Journal. He previously helped run the Institute of Engineers’ EngQuest regional program for students.