Moody Street, Koo Wee Rup
Water Main Renewal
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There will be a 4 hour water shutdown for this project.
Affected properties are marked on the map below and will receive a notification via letter drop with the exact timeframe prior to the shutdown.
What we’re doing
This project is to upgrade a critical water pipe, so you can always rely on us when you need a drink, a bath or to wash the clothes or dishes.
Works will take place on Moody Street between Gardner Street and the laneway next to the Fire Station.
We're working with one of our industry partners to help us.
When it's happening
We’re planning to start work in late October for around 4 weeks (depending on the weather).
You can expect us to work Monday to Friday between 7 am and 6 pm and Saturdays between 7am and 1pm. On the odd occasion, we might need to work at other times for safety, technical or permit reasons.
What might impact you
We’ll do our best to keep impacts to a minimum, however these are the kinds of things you might notice when constrcution begins:
- Machinery on site.
- More trucks on the streets around you.
- Noise and dust from construction machinery
- More trucks and vehicles on the streets around you
- Traffic control around our work zones
- Fewer car parks around our work zones
Our traffic management team will be around to make sure people, bikes and cars can move around safely. You'll continue to have access to footpaths and businesses in the area.
If we need to impact access to your driveway, we’ll be in touch in advance. We’ll do our best to keep impacts to a minimum.
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We’re working with Land Engineering to help us.
You may notice a change to your water pressure while we work as we will need to bypass certain areas of the network to upgrade the pipe. Although you may notice a slight change to your water pressure, it will still remain within an acceptable range for your general day to day use.
We expect services to go back to normal once works are completed.
If you’re a business, you’ll need to make sure that the works and any interruption to water supply don’t affect your emergency fire plan. You’ll also need to let your insurer know.
When we’ve finished the job, we’ll leave things how we found them and make sure we return any areas we’ve impacted as close as possible to their original condition.
The rehabilitation and/or replacement of the water main will:
- Improve water service reliability
- Reduce potential property damage if the water main were to fail
- Reduce maintenance and repair costs of the water main
South East Water will provide notices of their intention to work in an area prior to the work commencing. If the works are deferred, we will send you another notification of the new proposed start date. South East Water will install project signage at the work area approximately three days prior to commencing the works.
The new water main will be laid in the nature strip or, if necessary, in the road. Wherever possible, trenchless construction techniques will be used to minimise disturbance to the community.
All works, including service connections, have been carefully planned to minimise any disruptions to your water service. We are reqquired to turn off the water to around 5 properties for approximately 4 hours to complete these works. We will notify you at least 48 hours in advance of any planned service disruptions.
At various locations along the water main alignment, the pipe may be laid across property driveways. In most cases, the construction crew will be able to drill underneath driveways so that customers can access their property at all times. Where drilling is not possible, we will adopt an open cut excavation method. In the event where driveway access is impacted, we will notify you well in advance so that alternative access arrangements can be made.
In the event when temporary pipe is laid across driveways the Project Team will install crossing ramps designed for normal vehicle use. Please ensure drivers use the ramps at a slow speed without stopping. Damage may occur to the temporary pipes if drivers stop and restart on top of the ramp.
Immediately after the works are complete, we will apply top soil and seed to grassed areas affected by the works and, where possible, reinstate the area to its original condition. The Project Team will also repair any impacts to the road, footpath and driveways or arrange for these to be repaired by Council. We will provide you with further information about temporary and permanent reinstatement works once the water main renewal work is complete.
There is no cost to the property owner for these works.