Media Release

21 Sep 2006

Tender Awarded for Recycled Water Scheme at West Camden

The plan to provide recycled wastewater to Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute is one step closer with a contract awarded for construction of the pipeline.

The contract has been awarded to EL Civil Engineering to build an 8.5 kilometre pipeline from West Camden Sewage Treatment Plant to the agricultural institute.

The pipeline is part of a $50 million upgrade currently underway at the West Camden treatment plant.

The recycled water pipeline will deliver up to five million litres of water each day to Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute for irrigation.

As well as providing advantages for local agriculture, the West Camden recycling project will help the environment by reducing the amount of wastewater discharged into the river system.

It will also improve the river’s health by reducing the amount of water extracted from the river for local irrigation and fewer nutrients will be released from the treatment plant into the Hawkesbury-Nepean River.

Construction work underway at the plant will contribute to improved water quality in the upper Hawkesbury-Nepean River, while meeting the needs of the burgeoning Camden population.

The pipeline will be built from the plant on Sheathers Lane to Cawdor Road, down to Burragorang Road, through public reserves to Wire Lane, and along Remembrance Driveway to the agricultural institute.

Construction will begin in October and it is expected recycled water will be available for the agricultural institute by early 2007.

Sydney Water has been liaising with other potential recycled water customers, such as Camden Council.

The upgrade is being undertaken to cater for the expected 80,000 people that will live in the area by 2021.

As part of the upgrade, the treatment capacity of the plant will more than double from almost 11 million litres of wastewater each day to 23 million litres each day.

The upgrade is expected to be complete by the middle of next year.

 

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