National Sewerage Program
The National Sewerage Program was an Australian federal program under the Whitlam and Fraser Governments established to provide funding for the expansion of municipal sewerage systems. At the time Australia was lagging behind other developed nations and, as of the commencement of the program in 1972, 17.2% of the Australian population were not connected to sewerage. Even in major population centers like Sydney and Melbourne, there was a backlog of over 318,000 homes waiting to be connected to municipal sewerage systems. The program was administered by the newly formed Department of Urban and Regional Development, and over AUD$330 million of funding was allocated to be distributed to individual states and territories over ten years. Over the life of the program the sewerage connection backlog was reduced by 30% to 40%. The program was abolished in 1977 by the incumbent Fraser Government. Consequently, many communities struggled to connect to sewerage for decades afterwards.
Q408
Australia
LOC
Q2991162
federal program
ORG
Q7996534
Whitlam
ORG
Q5493604
Fraser
ORG
Q3130
Sydney
LOC
Q3141
Melbourne
LOC
Q16959830
Department of Urban and Regional Development
ORG
Q178712
states and territories
Concept
Q85846754
National Sewerage Program
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1972-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1972
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1977
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318,000
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330
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30
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40
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