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Beneficial re-use of effluent, landscape salinity rehabilitation and soil remediation using Saltgrow hybrid eucalypts and recycled organics

Beneficial re-use of effluent, landscape salinity rehabilitation and soil remediation using Saltgrow hybrid eucalypts and recycled organics

Specifications

  • Client: Lachlan Shire Council
  • Scope:

    Establishment of woodlots aimed at:

    • assisting in the reclamation of saline affected areas of the landscape;
    • providing a productive option for disposal of treated sewage effluent;
    • delivering a commercial return from future timber harvest, and
    • providing information on the variation in clone suitability for the sites tested.
  • Benefit to Client:

    This project provided the client with a commercial and aesthetically pleasing  solution to management of dry land salinity problems, and provided a beneficial use for management of effluent waste water.

  • Market Sector: Municipal and Urban
  • Capabilities:
    • Irrigated forest & fodder crops for beneficial use of waste water
    • Groundwater and salinity management
    • Tree and crop improvement
  • Location: NSW
  • Year: 2001 - 2004