The Atitjere basketball court toilets were vandalised in early 2017, rendering them unusable.

The Atitjere Local Authority funded a project to repair and renovate the toilet block.  That project is now complete with the added benefit of motion activated solar lights that have been installed to each toilet by the Atitjere Works team. 

The renovation of the toilets started with the installation of stainless steel toilet bowls and cisterns, the repair and replacement of broken doors and the replacement of the fibreglass skylights with Colourbond steel sheeting, which was completed mid-year.

Last month, the solar lights were installed to compensate for the loss of the skylights as well as making the toilets more user friendly for night use when basketball is popular, especially in the hotter months.

The motion activated solar light in action.

The Central Desert Regional Council’s (CDRC) Atitjere works crew erected a new PowerWater Corporation (PWC) Water Usage Sign in October.  It has been located between the Council Office and the Atitjere Store to try and capture everyone’s attention.  Every month PWC send the community water usage data to CDRC and our Essential Services Officer updates the meter accordingly.

“This is part of our role in protecting an extremely valuable resource,” said Atitjere Community Services Coordinator Warren Kenney. “With this sign the community will know the level of usage and we can work on reducing that level if needed,” he said.

As of mid-December, the sign is sitting on the high side of “Too Much” heading toward “Extreme”.  The calculation is based on total water out divided by population data from Australian Bureau of Statistics. This data includes service providers such as nurses, teachers and police.

The CDRC Regional Plan 2018-22 has as one of its goals to ensure the region’s communities are sustainable. Goal 4, Objective 1 states: All communities have clean and adequate water supplies by 2025. The CDRC Regional Plan is available on the website: Regional Plan