2007 07 july

going underground
is this the future of geelong’s water supply?
alcoa anglesea
2007
environment report
july
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPOR
T JULY 2007
REPORT
air
Air Monitoring
Stack Monitors
Average
Maximum
Opacity g/m3 10-minute average
0.067
0.262
Stack SO2 kg/min 1-hour average Licence limit 100kg/min
62.29
86.29
SO2 1 hour ppb
Average
Maximum
Community Centre
5
180
Primary School
5
219
Mt Ingoldsby
2
141
Scout Camp
8
223
Camp Wilkin
1
17
Camp Road
3
71
Ambient Monitors
Ambient Monitors
SO2 Maximum 1 hour averages (ppb)
Date
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Community Centre 3 11 3 3 4 13 3 3 4 4 25 5 4 5 5 80 100 5 4 5 5 6 29 5 180 5 4 5 5 5 107
Primary School
0
43 4
3
0
9
2
0
0
2
15 3
1
0
2
79 200 1
-
0
1
2
1
63 -
Mt Ingoldsby
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
6
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
87 141 2
31 4
3
2
13 17 2
3
3
17 0
17 22 -
-
-
-
-
0
Scout Camp
2
162223191 55 5
1
2
1
20 1
18 1 219
2
2
1
2
0
29 149 3
3
-
0
Camp Wilkin
1
1
4
17 3
1
1
2
15 2
2
2
2
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Camp Road
36 71 18 4
4
1
0
1
1
1
-
0
-
5
-
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
2
0
0
-
EPA Intervention Level
210
EPA Air Quality Objective
200
Alcoa Local Standard
170
4
2
1
-
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPOR
T JULY 2007
REPORT
water
Water Storage
Barwon Water storage levels for the Geelong system at 25.5% capacity. Stage 4 restrictions apply.
Water Discharge
ML
July
Total
Ashponds (SP1)
134*
976
Mine (SP4)
0
0
* July value calculated from available data due to equipment calibration error.
Water Monitoring
SP1
SP4
SP3
26/07/2007
Ashpond
Mine
Final
EPA limit
Lab Result
EPA limit
Lab Result
EPA limit
Lab Result
pH
4-10
8.3
3-9
-
5-9
6.4
Susp. Solids
100
4
100
-
30
<2
Colour
50
4
50
-
50
4
Aluminium
10.00
0.39
10
-
5.500
0.50
Iron
10.00
0.53
0
-
4.00
0.14
Zinc
0.400
0.013
2.0
-
0.300
0.035
WATER WATER USAGE PER MONTH (ML)
Date
JAN
FEB MAR APR
MAY JUNE JULY AUG
Town Water
0.7
0.7
0.9
1.1
0.9
2.3
1.7
8.3
Bore Water
274
253
280
241
246
182
205
1681
Mine Water
81
71
76
83
80
86
98
575
SEPT OCT
NOV
DEC
TOTAL
300.0
3000
250.0
2500
200.0
2000
150.0
1500
100.0
1000
50.0
0.0
500
0
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPOR
T JULY 2007
REPORT
anglesea borefield project
Barwon Water is investigating a new groundwater
resource for the greater Geelong region. The
Anglesea borefield project, identifed in the Victorian
Government’s Central Region Sustainable Water
Strategy, has been brought forward three years in
response to declining surface water storages, the
uncertainty of a return to average rainfall, and to
meet future growth in the region.
Alcoa needs to ensure that all environmental and
heritage factors are assessed, including avoiding
construction within the Anglesea Heath wherever
possible; avoiding areas of high conservation
significance; and avoiding known aboriginal
heritage sites to minimise the impact of
construction upon the values of the Anglesea
Heath.
It is anticipated the borefield could provide up to
twenty megalitres of water a day to customers in
the greater Geelong region, including Geelong, the
Bellarine Peninsula, Torquay, Anglesea,
Winchelesea, Lara and Bannockburn, by the
summer of 2008/09.
The Agency Reference Group, formed in March,
meets monthly to discuss and streamline the
environmental and legislative process needed to
satisfy each agency’s requirements for project
approval. The group includes representatives from
Alcoa in addition to the EPA, Southern Rural
Water, DSE, Parks Victoria, Surf Coast Shire and
Corangamite CMA.
The Anglesea borefield will tap into the Lower
Eastern View aquifer which extends from the
eastern edge of the Otway Ranges and flows in a
south easterly direction deep under Anglesea and
beyond.
Two borefield investigation zones have been
identified. A northern investigation zone is located
in the vicinity of Barwon Water’s Forest Road
basin site and a southern investigation zone is
located adjacent to Coal Mine Road, along the
southern boundary of the Alcoa coal mine.
A pipeline is required to link the southern and
northern borefield sites to the pre-treatment plant
at the Forest Road basin, and the pre-treatment
plant to Wurdee Boluc Reservoir. The preferred
pipeline alignment weaves it’s way through the
Anglesea Heath from Coalmine Road to Forest
Road. As land managers of the Anglesea Heath
Consultants GHD Pty Ltd are working with Barwon
Water to deliver this project including providing
information and consulting with the community.
The project information centre includes:
> a project office
office: on the corner of Harvey and
Parker Street, Anglesea (the former DSE and
Parks Victoria office). A project team member
om
will be in the office every Tuesday fr
from
9.30am-4pm to discuss the project. Please
phone 5226 2516 to make an appointment.
> a website: www.barwonwater.vic.gov.au
> the free call number: 1800 735 913l
913l; and
> an email address:
[email protected].
The July Community Information Bulletin is now
available through these avenues.
ANIMALS OF THE ANGLESEA HEATH
ST ANDREW’S CROSS SPIDER (Argiope keyserlingii)
Size:
Form:
Colour:
Habitat:
Food:
Web:
Bite:
male: 4mm female: 20mm
small bodied with long legs; often appears
to have only four legs due to it’s resting
position in the web
male: head + chest are brown; abdomen is
cream with mottled brown pattern
female: head + chest are brown with silky
hairs; abdomen has horizontal stripes of
yellow and crimson brown; legs are dark
brown to black with a few yellowish bands
found in eastern Australia in habitats ranging
from rainforest margins to open forest and
heathland
prey includes flies, moths, butterflies, bugs
and bees
reflects UV light which is attractive to flying
insects who use it to locate food sources
considered harmless
ST ANDREW’S CROSS SPIDER
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPOR
T JULY 2007
REPORT
LAND
RAINFALL (mm)
Month
JAN
FEB MAR APR
MAY JUNE JULY AUG
SEPT OCT
NOV
DEC
TOTAL
2007 Rainfall
40.0
20.2 25.6
7.3
31.0
37.1
129.4
52.8 17.0
69.2
40.8 26.0
124.0
32.8
15.8
15.4
29.0
362.8
1968-2006 Average
44.6
43.3 41.5
42.5
53.1
53.5
61.2 60.8
59.6
59.3
61.1
60.6
69.3
73.6
54.1
44.2
363.8
67.0
130
7 0 0 .0 0
120
6 0 0 .0 0
110
100
5 0 0 .0 0
90
80
4 0 0 .0 0
70
60
3 0 0 .0 0
50
40
2 0 0 .0 0
30
20
1 0 0 .0 0
10
0
0 .0 0
WATER
TOWN WATER USE (ML)
FEB
MAR APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
Process
23.9
2000 2006 2007 JAN
11.0
7.5
0.6
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.1
0.8
0.9
0.6
2.2
0.6
1.5
0.7
0.6
1.3
1.5
1.5
Amenity2 . 5
11.6
3.8
0.8
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.4
0.1
0.7
0.2
0.1
0.4
0.2
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.1
4 0 .0
3 5 .0
2 .0
3 0 .0
2 5 .0
1 .5
2 0 .0
1 .0
1 5 .0
1 0 .0
0 .5
5 .0
0 .0
0 .0
2000
2006
2007
JA N
F E B
M A R
A P R
M A Y
JUN
JU L
A U G
S E P
O C T
NO V
D E C
AIR
GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) TOTAL (Mt) & GHG EMISSION EFFICENCY (t/MWh)
GHG Mt
‹ GHG
t/MWh
1990
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
1.42
1.23
1.27
1.50
1.45
1.47
1.31
1.49
1.37
1.34
1.24
1.19
1.21
1.21
1.20
1.21
1.20
1.19
2
1 6 00 00 0
1 .8
1 4 00 00 0
1 .6
1 .4
1 .2
1 2 00 00 0
1 0 00 00 0
1
8 0 00 00
0 .8
6 0 00 00
0 .6
4 0 00 00
0 .4
0 .2
0
2 0 00 00
0
ANGLESEA ENVIRONMENT REPOR
T JULY 2007
REPORT
environmental improvement
Environmental Management Targets
July
2007 Total
Forecast
2007 Target
Reportable Environmental Incidents
0
0
0
0
Monthly EHS ASAT Audit Completion (%)
100
100
100
90
Air Emission Targets
July
2007 Total
Forecast
2007 Target
Ambient SO2 ( no. readings > 210ppb)
2
2
3
0
Ambient SO2 ( no. readings > 200ppb)
3
4
7
0
Stack SO2 (no. hrs > 100kg/min)
0
0
0
0
SO2 Load Reductions (lost MWh)
4062
7912
13563
N/A
GHG Efficiency (t CO2 e/MWh)
1.17
1.19
1.19
1.20
Opacity (10 min av > 0.25g/m3 normal operation)
0
0
0
0
Water Targets
July
2007 Total
Forecast
2007 Target
Town Water (ML)
1.7
8.3
14.2
14.2
Bore Water (ML)
205
1682
2883
2667
Waste Targets
July
2007 Total
Forecast
2007 Target
Waste to Landfill (t)
0.0
0.0
0.0
9.0
Solid Prescribed Waste to Landfill (t)
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Mine Rehabilitation Targets
2007 Total
2007 Target
2007 Area Cleared (ha)
2.9
3.5
2007 Area Rehabilitated (ha)
5.0
> 3.5
2005 Mine Rehabilitation Species Richness (%)
103
100
OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR EMPLOYEES..
So Phil, you’re the OHS Coordinator - how do you
come to featur
e in this month’
s Env Report?
feature
month’s
There’s a cross over between Safety and Environment where
asbestos is concerned. Potential exposure to asbestos presents
an environmental and health risk and we need to ensure that our
people are aware of the health impacts and the correct handling
requirements. From an environmental view, asbestos once
removed from use is then considered a waste material, and it is
disposed of in our onsite dedicated landfill.
What is the status of asbestos training?
As part of a review of training requirements for everyone onsite, it
was determined that there was a need for a revamp of the
asbestos awareness training material we present to all
employees. Prior to formalising our training needs analysis, this
material has generally been delivered in preparation for outages
but now will be a regular feature of our training profile.
And how is this year’
s training shaping up?
year’s
The general awareness package has been developed and
training will be rolled out in September by myself or Nicci Marris.
This will be for all Alcoa personnel and site-based contractors.
...PHIL SMITH