Water mains cleaned using ice pigging

Householders in the Homestead area should be seeing improvements in their water quality thanks to a new process Council is using to clean water mains.

Called ice pigging, the process involves pushing an ice slurry through cast iron water mains to remove built-up sediment and debris.

It’s early days in the process, with Council having only completed 2.2km of water mains in five streets so far. However, the reports have been positive to date.

Once water mains in the Homestead area have been cleaned, Council plans to continue ice pigging water mains at regular intervals around different parts of Kyogle that have been experiencing water discolouration issues.