Wastewater

Priority Sewerage Program

This program aims to provide improved sewerage services to unsewered urban areas within Sydney Water’s area of operations. It helps to help protect the environment and local waterways and reduce risks to public health. Stage One was completed in February 2009 and construction on the first three Stage Two projects began in early 2009. [read more]

SewerFix Program

Sydney Water's $560 million SewerFix Program will improve the sewerage system and protect public health and the environment. The work will reduce the number of dry and wet weather sewage overflows reaching waterways and improve the performance of the system. [read more]

Sewage Treatment Plants

The improvement program for sewage treatment plants has led to no major breaches against our Environment Protection Licence for sewage treatment plants in the past five years.West Camden Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) is the final plant to be upgraded and this work is now complete. During 2007-09 the focus has been to maintain STP performance and reliability, and increase capacity to service population growth. This work is underway at North Head STP and Winmalee STP, and nearing completion at Bondi. From 2008-09, the focus will be to minimise odour. Work is underway at Warriewood and North Head.