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Media Release
25 Sep 2006
Shortlist Announced For Western Sydney Recycling Project
Four consortia have been shortlisted to tender for the first stage of a major new water recycling project in Western Sydney.
The Western Sydney Recycled Water Initiative is a key element of the NSW Government’s Metropolitan Water Plan.
Sydney and the Illawarra already recycles around 15 billion litres of water each year and that figure will rise to 70 billion litres by 2015.
The Western Sydney Recycled Water Initiative will contribute up to 27 billion litres of recycled water each year by 2015.
The recycled water will be used in new homes, irrigation and to replace water released from Warragamba Dam for environmental flows.
The first stage of the initiative will be the implementation of the Replacement Flows project, which will see recycled water replacing water currently released from Warragamba Dam.
The project will involve connecting three sewage treatment plants at Penrith, St Marys and Quakers Hill and wastewater transferred to a new advanced water treatment plant.
The new plant will treat the wastewater to a higher standard than what is currently released into the Hawkesbury-Nepean River from the existing three sewage treatment plants to enable it to be used to replace water currently released from Warragamba Dam.
Interest in this project was very strong and when the first stage of the tender closed last month, seven submissions were received.
The Board of Sydney Water has now shortlisted four consortia for the project and they will be invited to prepare tenders for the project.
The shortlisted consortia are:
- Western Flow Connect (Leighton/Veolia Joint Venture)
- Future Flows (John Holland/AWS/Degremont Joint Venture)
- Deerubbin WaterFutures (United Group/GE Water and Process Techonologies/McConnell Dowell Joint Venture)
- Replacement Flows Infrastructure (Baulderstone Hornibrook/United Utilities Joint Venture)
The tender will call for the design and construction of the advanced water treatment plant and associated infrastructure as well as the operation and maintenance of the plant for at least 10 years.
It is expected the tender documents will be issued in late November with a contract awarded in mid 2007.
The successful companies were chosen because they demonstrated their capability to deliver this ground-breaking large recycled water project.
It is anticipated recycled water will be used to replace water from the dam from 2009.
The Replacement Flows project is one of several large recycling schemes planned or underway in Western Sydney.
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Recycled water is progressively being made available to new homes in Sydney’s North West and South West via a second water pipe.
More than 16,000 homes are now receiving 1.7 billion litres of high quality recycled water each year to water gardens, wash cars and flush toilets.
Ultimately 36,000 new homes in Acacia Gardens, Beaumont Hills, Castle Hill, Glenwood, Kellyville, Kellyville Ridge, Quakers Hill, Parklea, Stanhope Gardens and Rouse Hill will receive 4.7 billion litres of recycled water each year.
All new homes built in Western Sydney’s growth sectors over the next 25 years will receive recycled water.
It is expected 160,000 new homes will be constructed under the scheme, saving around 21 billion litres of drinking water every year by 2030.
The website contains more information on Sydney Water’s recycling projects and other ways to save water.
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