Media Release

12 Feb 2008

Congratulations to Kogarah Council for water saving project

Sydney Water Managing Director Kerry Schott today acknowledged Kogarah Council’s outstanding commitment to water conservation. This comes as the two organisations sign a sewer mining agreement today.

“Sewer mining involves tapping into a sewer main and extracting wastewater, which is then treated and re-used for purposes such as irrigation,” Dr Schott said.

“Kogarah Council’s sewer mining project will see 125 million litres of wastewater recycled each year and used for irrigation at Beverly Park Golf Course and all parks in Kogarah.

“Council has made a significant investment in constructing a sewer mining plant and installing pumps and pipes to make good use of the recycled water.

“The plant will treat the water to a level suitable for irrigation in accordance with the Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling (November 2006).

“Schemes such as this contribute to considerable savings for Sydney’s water supply.

“Sydney currently recycles approximately 22 billion litres of water each year.”

The NSW Government supported Council in funding this scheme with two grants worth $1,665,000 provided by the Government’s then Water Savings Fund (now the Climate Change Fund).

 

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