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Community and Construction Updates

Sydney Water is committed to providing accurate and accessible information to the community about the desalination project.

Community updates and construction notifications are regularly sent to residents, businesses, and property owners in Kurnell and along the pipeline route to Erskineville. If you would like to be added to the mailing list, contact Sydney Water.

Community Notices

Start Date Details End Date Related Files
24/11/2008 Alexandria/Erskineville community update newsletter - November/December 2008 [View details]  
  • Alexandria/Erskineville community update newsletter - November/December 2008
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    17/11/2008 Overall Community Update - November/December 2008 [View details]  
  • Overall Community Update - November/December 2008
    • 14/11/2008 Tempe community update newsletter - November/December 2008 [View details]  
  • Tempe community update newsletter - November/December 2008
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    10/11/2008 October/November Community Update - Rockdale [View details] 20/02/2010
  • Rockdale Community Update - Oct Nov 2008
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    21/10/2008 Kurnell community update newsletter October/November 2008 [View details]  
  • Kurnell community update newsletter October/November 2008
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    21/10/2008 Community information session - Alexandria/Erskineville pipeline construction activities [View details]  
  • Community information session - Alexandria/Erskineville pipeline construction activities
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    01/10/2008 Alexandria/Erskineville community update newsletter - September/October 2008 [View details]  
  • Alexandria/Erskineville community update newsletter - October 2008
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    01/09/2008 Community Update - August/September 2008 [View details]  
  • Overall Community Update - August/September 2008
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    24/08/2008 Community Update - Tempe - August 2008 [View details]  
  • Tempe Community Update - August 2008
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    01/08/2008 Community Update Newsletter - Kurnell - August/September 2008 [View details]  
  • Community Update Newsletter - Kurnell - August/September 2008
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    31/07/2008 Fact Sheet - Pipeline route construction in Alexandria and Erskineville [View details]  
  • DESAL 07.08 FS (ALEX-ERSK).pdf
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    09/07/2008 Community updates - June & July [View details]  
  • Tempe update
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    30/06/2008 Community Update - Alexandria / Erskineville [View details]  
  • May/June - Alex Ersk Community Update
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    20/06/2008 Community updates - May & June 2008 [View details] 30/06/2008
  • Kurnell update
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    01/04/2008 Community Updates - April & May 2008 [View details] 31/05/2008
  • Rockdale update
  • Project update
  • Tempe update
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    01/03/2008 Community Update - March 2008 [View details] 31/03/2008
  • March update
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    01/02/2008 Community Update - February 2008 [View details] 29/02/2008
  • February update
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    01/01/2008 Community Update - January 2008 [View details] 31/01/2008
  • January update
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    01/11/2007 Community Update - Nov/Dec 2007 [View details] 31/12/2007
  • Nov/Dec Update
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    01/09/2007 Community Update - Sept/Oct 2007 [View details] 31/10/2007
  • Sept/Oct Update
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    01/07/2007 Community Update - July/August 2007 [View details] 31/08/2007
  • July/Aug update
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    01/06/2007 Community Update - June 2007 [View details] 30/06/2007
  • June update
  • Botany Bay supplement
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    01/05/2007 Community Update - May 2007 [View details] 31/05/2007
  • May Update
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    Construction Updates

    Standard construction hours are Monday to Friday between 7am and 6pm, Saturdays between 8am and 1pm and at no time on Sundays or public holidays.

    Microtunnelling operations will occur 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

    Changes to these construction hours must be approved by the NSW Department of Planning. Residents and businesses will be told of any changes via a construction notification.


    Start Date Details End Date Related Files
    21/11/2008 Sydney Park (south) construction area – Campbell Road minor trenching work [View details]  
  • Sydney Park (south) construction area – Campbell Road minor trenching work
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    17/11/2008 Construction notification - Microtunnelling from Sydney Park (south) construction area [View details]  
  • Construction notification - microtunnelling from Sydney Park (south) construction area
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    13/11/2008 Construction notification - work in Ashmore Estate, Erskineville [View details]  
  • Construction notification - work in Ashmore Estate, Erskineville
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    13/11/2008 Construction notification - Silver Beach jet grouting and extended hours of operation [View details]  
  • Construction notification - Silver Beach jet grouting and extended hours of operation
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    30/10/2008 Cook Park & Lady Robinsons Beach construction area – Pre-dredging activities [View details]  
  • Cook Park & Lady Robinsons Beach construction area – Pre-dredging activities
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    30/10/2008 Construction notification - Pit construction at Tempe Recreation Reserve [View details]  
  • Construction notification - Pit construction at Tempe Recreation Reserve
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    25/10/2008 Construction notification - out of hours work at the desalination plant site, Kurnell [View details] 21/12/2008
  • Construction notification - out of hours work at the desalination plant site, Kurnell
    • 25/10/2008 Construction notification - piling work at Sydney Park construction area [View details]  
  • Construction notification - piling work at Sydney Park construction area
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    24/10/2008 Construction notification - Maddox Street closure [View details]  
  • Construction notification - Maddox Street closure
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    22/10/2008 Construction notification - Maddox St soil investigation, Alexandria/Erskineville [View details] 24/10/2008
  • Construction notification - Maddox St soil investigation, Alexandria/Erskinevil
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    22/10/2008 Kurnell - 24 hour tunnelling to start [View details]  
  • Kurnell - 24 hour tunnelling to start
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    22/10/2008 Kyeemagh – 24 hour tunnelling to start [View details]  
  • Kyeemagh – 24 hour tunnelling to start
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    09/10/2008 Construction Notification - pipeline crossing of Clerke Place, Kurnell [View details]  
  • Construction notification - pipeline crossing of Clerke Place, Kurnell
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    28/09/2008 Kyeemagh - temporary wharf construction [View details] 01/12/2009
  • Kyeemagh - temporary wharf construction
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    24/09/2008 Construction notification - out of hours work at the desalination plant site, Kurnell [View details]  
  • Construction notification - out of hours work at desalination plant site, Kurnell
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    23/09/2008 Construction Notification - Sydney Park [View details]  
  • Construction Notification - Sydney Park
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    22/09/2008 Construction Notification - Kurnell [View details]  
  • Construction Notification - Kurnell
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    25/08/2008 Construction Notification - Cook Park, Kyeemagh [View details]  
  • Construction Notification - Cook Park, Kyeemagh
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    13/08/2008 Marine construction work [View details]  
  • Marine construction work
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    30/07/2008 Work starting in Sydney Park [View details] 28/02/2009
  • Work in Sydney Park
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    22/07/2008 Cook Park, Kyeemagh - temporary wharf construction [View details]  
  • Construction notification
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    08/07/2008 Power supply for the Silver Beach construction area [View details]  
  • Construction notification
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    27/06/2008 Silver Beach and Tasman/Dampier construction areas [View details]  
  • Fact sheet - secant piling
  • Construction notification
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    24/06/2008 Cook Park construction area - temporary path & bath closure [View details] 31/07/2008
  • Cook Park - temp path & bath closure
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    12/06/2008 Muddy Creek - night works [View details] 14/07/2008
  • Muddy Creek - night works
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    12/06/2008 Tasman and Dampier Streets safety fencing [View details]  
  • Construction notification
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    11/06/2008 Trenching & microtunnelling - Kogarah Golf Course [View details] 16/09/2008
  • Trenching & microtunnelling
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    10/06/2008 Cook Park, Kyeemagh - Launch pit construction [View details] 08/09/2008
  • Launch pit construction
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    06/06/2008 Cook Park, Kyeemagh - Site clearing & internal road [View details] 14/07/2008
  • Site clearing & internal road
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    20/05/2008 Tempe Recreation Reserve [View details]  
  • Tempe Recreation Reserve - start of work
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    19/05/2008 Silver Beach, Kurnell - push piling work [View details]  
  • Push piling work
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    09/05/2008 Night Works Botany Freight Rail (South) [View details] 30/06/2008
  • Night work
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    09/05/2008 Night Works Muddy Creek [View details] 30/06/2008
  • Night work
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    08/05/2008 Cook Park, Kyeemagh - Noise abatement barrier and fencing [View details] 23/06/2008
  • Fencing work
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    09/04/2008 Kurnell plant site - After hours work (TBM delivery) [View details] 31/07/2008
  • After hours work
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    07/04/2008 Dampier Street, Kurnell - Early works [View details] 14/05/2008
  • Early works
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    07/04/2008 Cook Park, Kyeemagh - Early works [View details] 05/04/2008
  • Early works
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    25/03/2008 Silver Beach, Kurnell - Early works [View details] 13/06/2008
  • Early works
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    20/03/2008 Kurnell plant site - After hours work (excavation works & machinery deliveries) [View details] 30/03/2008
  • After hours work
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    06/03/2008 Kurnell plant site - After hours work (concrete works) [View details] 06/09/2008
  • After hours work
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    25/02/2008 Kurnell plant site - After hours work (concrete works) [View details] 25/04/2008
  • After hours work
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    25/02/2008 Silver Beach, Kurnell - Establishment works [View details] 01/04/2008
  • Letter to residents
  • Establishment works
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    11/02/2008 Cook Park, Kyeemagh - Construction area establishment works [View details] 30/04/2008
  • Establishment works
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    31/01/2008 Captain Cook Drive, Kurnell - Site establishment works – [View details] 14/03/2008
  • Establishment works
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    15/01/2008 Kurnell plant site - Establishment works (Pump station) [View details] 15/02/2008
  • Establishment works
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    20/12/2007 Captain Cook Drive & Sir Josephs Banks Drive Kurnell - Cabelling works [View details] 22/02/2008
  • Cabelling works
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    15/11/2007 Kurnell plant site - After hours work (excavation) [View details] 31/12/2007
  • After hours work
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    19/10/2007 Kurnell - Potholing works [View details] 26/10/2007
  • Potholing works
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    12/10/2007 Port Botany marine yard [View details] 12/10/2007
  • Activities start
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    01/10/2007 Maritime navigation warning [View details] 30/09/2008
  • Navigation warning
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    31/08/2007 Kurnell plant site - start of construction [View details] 31/08/2007
  • Start of construction
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    14/08/2007 Ashmore Street, Erskineville - Geotechnical drilling works [View details] 14/09/2007
  • Geotechnical drilling
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    25/05/2007 Kurnell - Geotechnical drilling works [View details] 25/06/2007
  • Geotechnical drilling
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    Letters

    Start Date Details End Date Related Files
    19/09/2008 Community information centre - Erskineville [View details]  
  • Community information centre - Erskineville 19 September 2008
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    17/09/2008 Community information centre - Brighton Le Sands [View details]  
  • Community information centre - Brighton Le Sands 17 September 2008
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    17/09/2008 Community information centre - Kurnell [View details]  
  • Community information centre - Kurnell 17 September 2008
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    03/07/2008 Tempe Recreation Reserve - information session [View details] 12/07/2008
  • Invitation letter
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    10/06/2008 Community information centre - Kurnell [View details]  
  • 10 June 2008
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    19/05/2008 Community information session - Cook Park, Kyeemagh [View details] 25/05/2008
  • Invitation 24 May 2008
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    24/04/2008 Tempe, Wolli Creek & Sth Marrickville residents update [View details] 03/05/2008
  • 24 April 2008
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    18/04/2008 Community information sessions - Tempe Recreation Reserve [View details] 17/05/2008
  • Invitation
  • Invitation 17 May 2008
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    18/04/2008 Kurnell resident updates [View details] 02/05/2008
  • 18 April 2008
  • 22 April 2008
  • 30 April 2008
  • 2 May 2008
  • 12 May 2008
  • 21 April 2008
  • 23 April 2008
  • 28 April 2008
  • 14 May 2008
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    16/04/2008 Community information sessions - Alexandria & Erskineville [View details] 24/04/2008
  • Invitation
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    10/04/2008 Final preferred pipeline route through Sydney Park and Erskineville [View details] 10/04/2008
  • Letter to residents
  • Fact sheet
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    01/03/2008 Community information sessions - Kyeemagh and Kogarah Golf Course [View details] 08/03/2008
  • Invitation
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    15/01/2008 Community information sessions - Kurnell [View details] 06/02/2008
  • Invitation
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    25/10/2007 Pipeline approval [View details] 25/10/2007
  • Kyeemagh to Erskineville
  • Kurnell
    • 20/07/2007 Possible change to pipeline route - Sydney Park [View details] 20/07/2007
  • Map of alternative route
  • Letter to residents
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    Contact Us

    Please forward your enquiries, complaints and compliments to the desalination project team.

    Free call 1800 685 833 (24 hours)
    Email desalination@sydneywater.com.au
    Post Sydney Water Communications Team
    Sydney's Desalination Project
    PO Box 708
    Alexandria NSW 1435