Construction has begun on the new recycled water plant at Fairfield, NSW, which will provide recycled water to some of Sydney’s largest industrial water users as part of the of the NSW Government’s Sydney Metropolitan Water Plan.
Under the Metropolitan Water Plan, the NSW Government aims to provide up to 12 per cent of Sydney’s water needs through recycled water projects.
The new plant is Sydney’s fifth major recycled water treatment plant and will be operational by mid-2011.
The plant will be the cornerstone of the $100 million Rosehill-Camellia Recycled Water Project that will provide water to some of Sydney’s biggest water users, including Visy Paper, Marubeni Australia Power Services, Shell, LyondellBasell, Boral and Sydney Turf Club — Rosehill Gardens.
The project has been designed to be expanded to treat a further 3 billion litres a year.
Construction is now complete on the $150 million, 24 km pipeline from Liverpool to Ashfield that will transport treated effluent from Glenfield and Liverpool sewage treatment plants.
The scheme’s private operators will extract the treated effluent from the pipeline and transport it to the Fairfield plant for further treatment.
Recycled water will be distributed to businesses in the Smithfield and Rosehill areas through a 20 km network of disused gas pipes.
The project is first scheme in NSW to operate under the new Water Industry Competition Act.
