From left, La Trobe MP Jason Wood, Berwick Bowling Club board chairman Barry Miller, board member Reg Rowswell, and board secretary John Lilley.By Jim Mynard
BERWICK Bowling Club will receive a $47,523 Federal Government grant toward the cost of installing a greens recycling project.
La Trobe MP Jason Wood announced the grant at the club last Thursday.
Board chairman Barry Miller said the club expected to catch 4.2 million litres of water from the clubhouse roof and greens.
Mr Miller said rainstorm run off would be channelled into tanks installed on the western side of the greens.
He said runoff from the greens would be channelled to a sump and pumped up to the tanks.
“This water will be used on greens, including the synthetic green that also requires water maintenance,” he said.
Board member Reg Rowswell said the synthetic green would be used all year round and was heavily used by schools.
“We have 1000 school children a week come to the club,” he said.
He said the club would contribute $6000 to the project.
Mr Wood said the grant was in celebration of World Water Day.
He commended the project and said community water grant project would save 18,000 million litres of water a year nationally. He said community groups would donate 350,000 volunteer hours to implement the projects.
“The projects show just how much water community groups can save by using inexpensive, but clever and practical solutions.”
