THE FISH Creek community celebrated the official opening of the long-awaited drinking fountain in Central Park this afternoon and the community were also awarded a $10,000 grant from South Gippsland Water.

The fountain features two pieces of artwork from Fish Creek Primary school students Holly and Ruby, who were past winners of the South Gippsland Water poster competition.

Managing Director of SGW Rob Murphy announced the $10,000 Community Resilience Grant for Fish Creek community organisations, after a water mains was damaged in July and residents had to boil their water for a number of days.  

“We feel like we have let the community down haven’t done what we expect to do, which is provide clean healthy drinking water,” said Rob.

The grant looks to support projects for community members especially those vulnerable and financially or socially disadvantaged and build capacity in the instance of future incidents.

The celebration was topped off with a large chocolate cake which the grade five and six students from Fish Creek Primary School heartily enjoyed and which was personally baked by the Secretary of the Fish Creek Community Development Group, Marge Arnup.