Vic: Water board investigates country footy clubs lush oval

AAP General News (Australia)
04-26-2007
Vic: Water board investigates country footy clubs lush oval

A Victorian country football club is being investigated by a water authority .. after
a mysterious pipe was found leading to the club's home ground .. and the disappearance
of water from the town's reservoir.

South Gippsland Water is examining if there's a link between a small water pipe which
leads to the dam at the Poowong Football Club's oval .. and the town's depleting water
supply.

News Limited newspapers report while football leagues around Victoria have put their
seasons on hold .. fearing players will injure themselves on ovals baked hard by drought
.. the home ground of the Poowong Magpies is lush and green.

South Gippsland Water tests have revealed the presence of chlorine at the oval .. indicating
town water had been used to water it.

But Poowong Magpies president PETER NOTMAN says he knew nothing of the pipe or any
subsequent investigation.

The pipe, made in sections of galvanised metal and flexible tubing, has been cut and
sealed by South Gippsland Water

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KEYWORD: WATER VIC POOWONG (MELBOURNE)

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