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    "A curated sample of nine public projects and staged programs; this is not the complete GWW capital or renewal program.",
    "Statuses paraphrase the retrieved project pages. Published schedules and directory listings do not independently confirm current construction progress or completion.",
    "Source-updated dates are null because a reliable project-page revision date was not established. Retrieval dates are separate from construction dates.",
    "No verified project geometry or asset coordinates have been extracted. All latitude/longitude values are null; do not place a project pin at an SA2 centroid.",
    "Related SA2 codes are broad locality associations only, not project-boundary or service-catchment intersections. They do not establish which properties benefit.",
    "An empty related-area list means no association to the eight selected SA2s was established in this sample; it does not mean no projects or investment exist there.",
    "Project presence does not demonstrate adequate investment, risk reduction, spare capacity or a causal response to population growth or incidents.",
    "Recycled-water treatment projects also support sewerage services. The primary type is a display category, not an exclusive engineering classification."
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      "id": "exford-bridge-water",
      "title": "Exford to Bridge Road watermain upgrade",
      "type": "water",
      "status": "Early works; main construction planned",
      "location": "Melton South: Rees, Exford and Bridge roads",
      "summary": "Three permanent underground pipelines are intended to replace the interim above-ground supply and improve pressure during peak demand in Melton South.",
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      "statusNote": "The page schedules early works from 10 July 2026 and expects main construction in mid to late 2026; no construction completion is confirmed.",
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      "title": "Francis Street water main renewal",
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      "status": "Renewal announced",
      "location": "Melbourne CBD: Francis Street between King and Spencer streets; adjoining King Street",
      "summary": "Renewal covers Francis Street and part of King Street. GWW identifies the 1957 water main as approaching the end of its operational life.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.gww.com.au/francis-street-water-main-renewal",
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      "title": "Queen Street water main renewal",
      "type": "water",
      "status": "Renewal announced",
      "location": "Melbourne CBD: Queen Street between Bourke and Lonsdale streets",
      "summary": "Replacement of the Queen Street water main, built in 1962, is intended to maintain reliable supply. Works are planned in stages.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.gww.com.au/queen-street-water-main-renewal",
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      "status": "Construction underway",
      "location": "Melbourne CBD and Docklands: Flinders Lane, Spencer Street, Siddeley Street and Wurundjeri Way",
      "summary": "About 750 metres of new sewer is intended to double capacity along the project corridor. The page describes shaft and piling works.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.gww.com.au/faults-works/upgrades-projects/planned-works-projects/siddeley-street-sewer-upgrade",
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      "summary": "The plant upgrade is designed to raise drinking-water treatment capacity from 2.65 to 4.6 million litres per day and add UV disinfection.",
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      "title": "Gisborne Recycled Water Plant upgrade",
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      "location": "Gisborne: Haywood Drive",
      "summary": "A new treatment facility is designed to increase wastewater treatment capacity from 1.5 to 3.65 million litres per day. Recycled-water quality testing follows construction.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.gww.com.au/faults-works/upgrades-projects/planned-works-projects/gisborne-recycled-water-plant-upgrade",
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      "location": "Melton Recycled Water Plant; biosolids program also receives material from Gisborne, Sunbury and Woodend",
      "summary": "Biosolids drying works are underway, with inlet, dewatering, equipment, electrical and wet-weather transfer improvements in planning. Some treatment and desludging work is complete.",
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      "statusNote": "This is a multi-stage program: the source separates work underway, work in planning and completed components.",
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      "status": "Existing stages complete; expansion planned",
      "location": "Parwan–Balliang agricultural district, with Melton, Bacchus Marsh and future Sunbury plant connections",
      "summary": "The network reuses recycled water for irrigation. Published future stages include Parwan–Balliang storage in 2027–28 and a Sunbury–Melton interconnector in 2029–30.",
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      "title": "Rotary Park, Gisborne Sewer Pump Station Upgrade",
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      "status": "Published construction schedule",
      "location": "Rotary Park, Gisborne",
      "summary": "A new sewage storage tank is intended to double pump-station storage capacity and reduce overflow risk. The published construction window runs to September 2026.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://yoursay.gww.com.au/gisbornerotarypark",
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      "statusNote": "The page schedules works from April 2025 to September 2026. Actual completion has not been confirmed by the retrieved page.",
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