Australia:

Glenelg Gets Back into Hot Water (Warrnambool Standard)

Glenelg Shire will resurrect Portland’s unique underground hot water network in a redevelopment expected to cost up to $3.5 million in this south-west Victoria town, 180 miles from Melbourne.

The council wants to revive a system of heating pipes running through civic buildings in the city center which are tapped into a geothermal aquifer.

The system installed in the 1980s was shut down by Wannon Water in 2006 as it neared the brink of collapse.

The network is able to heat a variety of public buildings and facilities including municipal offices, the Portland library and swimming pool.

Last week Councillors unanimously supported moves to drill a new bore.

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