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Government grant to explore new water source for Orange; and new councilor Jamie Stedman

Orange City Council Season 6 Episode 2

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NSW senator Deb O’Neil was in Orange on Monday to announce joint state and federal funding for the first steps of a plan to explore building a pilot plant to produce Purified Recycled Water (PRW) for Orange residents to drink.

In the same way that Orange has led the way Australia-wide to draw on Stormwater Harvesting to deliver drinking water, the next step is to use Purified Recycled Water.

It's a decision with a huge potential impact for the city’s future. 

This week, we find out how it could all work.

And we meet one of the new faces recently-elected to Orange City Council