Northern NSW coating program

The Northern NSW Coatings Program will identify WaterNSW’s weirs throughout Northern NSW to receive essential maintenance work, including protective coating

Coating work will remove the risk of deterioration of essential WaterNSW assets and improve the structure’s resilience to environmental factors, extending their life by up to 25 years. This will enable WaterNSW to provide continued service to customers.

Tareelaroi weir gates, Gwydir River

Work to apply a protective coating on the surface of Tareelaroi weir gates, Gwydir River, was carried out between  Monday 3 April 2023 and Friday 12 May 2023.

To minimise impacts to the community and customers, work was completed outside the irrigation season when customer’s demand for water is lower.

To safely carry out the work, the Mehi weir pool was reduced and Mehi river was emptied.

Gunidgera weir gates

Work to apply a protective coating to Gunidgera Weir gates, Namoi River, will start on Thursday 15 June 23 and take about 10 weeks to complete, weather permitting.

Coating work will include the installation of scaffolding, surface preparation and the application of the new protective coating.

Work will take place between 7:00 am to 6:00 pm Monday to Friday and 8:00 am to 4:00 pm on Saturday & Sunday. No noisy works will be undertaken on Saturday after 1.00 pm and Sunday. There will be no work on public holidays or nightworks.

To minimise impacts to the community and customers, work will be completed outside the irrigation season and will not impact nearby recreational activities including fishing, water-skiing or barbeque areas.

Identifying other projects

Other locations will be announced shortly and the community and customers will be informed as each project progresses.