Western Corridor Recycled Water Project
- Western Corridor Recycled Water Project
The Western Corridor Recycled Water Project is Australia's largest recycled water project, located in South East Queensland. It is a key part of the South East Queensland Water Grid being constructed by the Queensland Government in response to population growth, climate change and severe drought.
When complete the $2.5 billion project will see three advanced water treatment plants constructed at Bundamba, Luggage Point and Gibson Island, which will draw water from six existing wastewater treatment plants in the region to produce up to 232 million litres of purified recycled water daily. The water will be distributed via a network of pipelines measuring more than 200 kilometres in length.
Construction began on the Western Corridor Recycled Water Project in 2006.
The first stage of the project is now complete and has provided an alternative water source for Swanbank Power Station and both Tarong Power Station and Tarong North Power Station. Supplies to Swanbank started in 2007 and supplies to Tarong and Tarong North started in June 2008.
Construction on stage two of the project should be complete in December 2008. When complete the system will have the capacity to provide water to other industrial users, agricultural users and to supplement drinking water supplies in Wivenhoe Dam.
The Western Corridor is the area from Brisbane's south west suburbs towards the city of Ipswich. For many years the area has experienced significant growth with the development of Springfield, extension of the Centenary Highway and upgrade to the Ipswich Motorway necessary.
ee also
*Bradfield Scheme
*Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
*Irrigation in Australia
References
External links
* [http://www.westerncorridor.com.au/ Western Corridor]
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