plan erosion meeting with Dave Corwal

Hey all

Rosemarie and I had the meeting with Dave Corwal today. Here is what we came away with

Septic system: All used water from the hospitality Centre first goes into about four tanks (that are in the utility area to the left of the main entrance) to be first treated, then put onto the site in a series of underground pipes below the two tanks. These pipes take up an area approximately 20m x 45m(L). There are approximately four rows of pipes.

The septic system for the residence is between the vegi garden and the big water tank.

Tanks
Overflow: none of the tanks overflow is connected to the dam, all overflow goes onto the ground.
Dave mentioned something about the council not allowing them to connect overflow to dam because they were collecting water from the carpark and all the toxins would pollute the creek.

Two little tanks 10,000litres
Big tank 30,000litres

Wine Shed:the roof is not connected to any tank. All water that is collected first runs into a box drain then over the ground.

Dam: Current capacity at approximately 8ML
Dave says if they were to enlarge it, 20ML would be great but doesn't believe Council would allow it.

Grapes: are watered by mains water, no data exists on how much water they recieve p.a.

Varieties that exist are, Cabernet, Shiraz, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Verduzo.

Hospitality Centre: all water that centre uses is mains water.
All water collected from roof goes into tank closest to centre.

Residence: uses big tank water, and has a mains water back.
All water collected from roof goes into big water tank.

Liana