Drought proofing for two western communities  Posted March 06,
2013 07:11:01  A drought proofing plan to ensure communities on
the Lower Lachlan do not have to cart water in dry times, is
almost complete.  The Cobar Shire was forced to consider carting
water into Euabalong and Euabalong West in 2009.  Four bores
have been drilled, using state government money, which will be
able to pump 45,000 megalitres a day.  The council's services
manager Timothy Wark says the bores will pump water into a
reticulation system even when the river is high.  "The bores are
going to be set up that once a week they have a certain amount
of run time to pump into the main so basically they give us
longevity of the pump and infrastructure," he said.  "They just
don't sit there and then when you go to need it it's not
available, basically that's just so when we go to use them we
know they're going to be working because we use them on a weekly
basis."  Mr Wark says the bores will provide water to about 350
homes.  "We know that ther