Technical Tour

The conference program also includes a technical tour of Sydney's Olympic Park and its state-of-the-art water recycling plant. Additional opportunity to visit Sydney's sewage treatment plants is also planned.

This technical tour is possible thanks to the in-kind support of both Sydney Water and Sydney Olympic Park.

Program

8.30: Bus leaves UNSW
9.00 - 11.00: Visit of the Malabar sewage treatment plant
11.45 - 12.45: Visit of the Sydney Olympic Park water recycling plant
13.00 - 14.00: Buffet lunch at the Sydney Olympic Park Novotel
15.00: Drop off at Sydney domestic airport
15.30: Drop off at UNSW

Please note that the number of participants for the technical tour is limited to 50 people. If you wish to participate, please tick the corresponding box on the registration form.

Sydney Water's Malabar sewage treatment plant

Sydney Water manages ten coastal treatment plants. The three largest are located at North Head, Bondi and Malabar and treat most of Sydney's sewage, discharging via deep ocean outfalls. The Malabar plant can discharge up to 456 ML/day of high-rate primary treated domestic wastewater. This represent of population equivalent of 1,690,000. The treated water is discharged 3.6 km from shoreline, at 82 m water depth, with a diffuser zone of 720 m.

Water Reclamation and Management Scheme (WRAMS) in Sydney Olympic Park

The WRAMS is a large scale integrated urban water system incorporating (i) collection and treatment of sewage and stormwater (ii) supply of recycled water for non-drinking uses to all residents, commercial premises and sporting venues and (iii) irrigation of parklands and playing fields. WRAMS incorporates existing and emerging technologies in the area of biological treatment process, microfiltration and reverse osmosis. WRAMS operation, performance and monitoring is fully automated and continuously controlled by using highly advanced telemetry control systems. Further incremental improvements in recycled water infrastructure, research and development over time will advance technological performance, making this and future re-use schemes more efficient, reliable and economical.