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20 Business View Australia - March-April 2016
Caltex Park Stormwater
Harvesting and
International Playing
Surface Project
In 2013 Council undertook a major
$11 million project upgrading the East
Dubbo Sporting Complex. Council has
since granted naming rights, for a fee,
to a well-known oil company, and the
main arena is now known as Caltex
Park. Much of the funds used for the
upgrade were grant funds.
A major part of the project was
the installation of a 10 megalitre
capacity storage tank underneath the
playing service which is filled during
rain events from the adjacent street
drainage system owned by Council.
This provides most of the water
then used over the course of a year
to irrigate the grass playing surface
above.
The other major part of the project,
however, was the complete rebuilding
Caltex Park