Media Release

12 Jun 2008

Construction started on one of Australia's largest recycled water schemes

Construction has started on one of the largest recycling schemes in Australia.

Nearly 400 metres of recycled water pipes have already been laid along Fawcett Street and Harrow Road in Glenfield. Eight construction workers are making great progress trenching and laying 450mm cement lined steel pipes that will distribute recycled water to nearby new housing developments.

Over the coming weeks trenching will continue through Blinman Park and a second crew will start laying pipes along Campbelltown Road.

The Hoxton Park recycled water scheme, estimated to cost around $70 million, will ultimately supply around 3 billion litres of recycled water a year to new residents and businesses in Sydney’s south west.

Recycled water will be provided to an estimated 13,000 properties for outdoor use and toilet flushing. Recycled water will also be supplied for irrigation of open spaces such as parks and to a number of industrial customers within the scheme.

Using recycled water for these activities helps save our drinking water for drinking.

New suburbs to be served by the recycled water scheme include Edmondson Park, Middleton Grange, Ingleburn Gardens, Yarrunga Industrial Area and the Panorama estate development.

New developments enable Sydney Water to lay recycled water pipes at the same time as electricity and telecommunications infrastructure, to minimise disruptions to residents and traffic and save costs.

The Hoxton Park recycled water scheme will be second only in size to Australia’s largest residential recycling scheme at Rouse Hill, which Sydney Water has been running since 2001. The Rouse Hill scheme currently supplies 1.9 billion litres of recycled water a year to over 17,000 homes and is set to grow by a further 10,000 homes.

The Hoxton Park recycled water scheme will include:

• a water recycling plant at the existing Glenfield sewage treatment plant
  
• 21 kilometres of pipeline
  
• a recycled water reservoir at South Hoxton Park
  
• an elevated water reservoir at Edmondson Park, in Ingleburn Army Camp
  
• a pumping station at Cowpasture Road, Hoxton Park.

The private sector has joined Sydney Water in an alliance to construct the pipeline. The NetWorks Alliance, comprises Sydney Water, Bovis Lend Lease, CLM Excavations and Veolia Water Network Services. Laying the 21 kilometres of pipeline started in late May.

A contract for the construction of the recycled water plant, reservoirs and pumping station will be awarded by 2009. The recycled water plant is expected to be operating in 2011.

 

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