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SUPPORT, BUT WITH QUALIFICATIONS

We approve Sydney Water's Environment Assessment prepared in support of the Concept Plan to construct and operate water and wastewater infrastructure to service the new development in West Dapto Urban Release Area and Adjacent Growth Areas.
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Information prepared by Sydney Water summarises the benefits of the proposal as including:
* a secure water supply
* a reticulated wastewater service that protects public health
* protection of catchment and river health
* affordable and efficient water and wastewater services to meet the NSW Government's development timeframes and support the orderly roll-out of land releases and infrastructure.

The planning for water and wastewater infrastructure covers the last remaining significant urban release areas in the Illawarra and should, in our opinion make provision for the possibility to increase housing densities beyond the current NSW Government time frames. Urban capable land is becoming a scarce resource.
In particular, we believe the trunk infrastructure required to extend the existing waste water systems to the Yallah/Marshall Mount precinct should be reconsidered because increased densities, beyond current estimates, could be supported by the sustainable design concept envisaged for this precinct.

We are concerned that the exhibited SW plans overlook some vital planning and development issues, and we therefore ask that the points in our attached submission be considered before designs and plans for trunk wastewater infrastructure are finalised.

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