Water resource recovery facility
|
Treatment level
|
Discharge volume limit (ML/day) as stated in the Environmental Protection Licence
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Discharge location
|
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Bellambi*
|
Primary
(includes screening, actiflow treatment and disinfection)
|
Refer to Wollongong
|
Bellambi Point during wet weather
|
Bombo
|
Secondary
(includes disinfection)
|
45
|
Ocean outfall Bombo Point
|
Bondi
|
Primary
|
680
|
Deepwater ocean outfall 2.2 km from shoreline, 63 m maximum water depth, 512 m diffuser zone
|
Brooklyn
|
Tertiary
(includes disinfection)
|
2.14
|
Hawkesbury River at 14 m depth on the second pylon of the old road bridge adjacent to Kangaroo Point
|
Castle Hill
|
Tertiary
(includes disinfection)
|
80
|
Cattai Creek
|
Cronulla
|
Tertiary
(includes disinfection)
|
436
|
Ocean outfall at Potter Point, Kurnell
|
Fairfield*
|
Primary
(includes chemically assisted sedimentation)
|
Refer to Malabar
|
Occasional discharge to Orphan School Creek (to Georges River) during wet weather
|
Glenfield^
|
Secondary
(includes disinfection)
|
Refer to Malabar
|
Occasionally discharge to Georges River in wet weather
|
Hornsby Heights
|
Tertiary
(includes phosphorus and nitrogen removal and disinfection)
|
85
|
Calna Creek to Berowra Creek
|
Liverpool^
|
Secondary
(includes disinfection)
|
Refer to Malabar
|
Treated wastewater occasionally discharged to Georges River in wet weather
|
Malabar
|
Primary
|
1,199
|
Deepwater ocean outfall 3.6 km from shoreline, 82 m maximum water depth, 720 m diffuser zone
|
North Head
|
Primary
|
1,400
|
Deepwater ocean outfall 3.7 km from shoreline, 65 m maximum water depth, 762 m diffuser zone
|
North Richmond
|
Tertiary
(includes phosphorus removal and disinfection)
|
11.2
|
Redbank Creek to the Hawkesbury River
|
Penrith
|
Tertiary
(includes disinfection)
|
238
|
Boundary Creek to Hawkesbury-Nepean River
|
Picton
|
Tertiary
(includes disinfection)
|
14
|
Reused for onsite agricultural irrigation; wet-weather overflows to Stonequarry Creek
|
Port Kembla*
|
Primary
(includes screening, de-gritting, primary sedimentation and disinfection)
|
Refer to Wollongong
|
Red Point during wet weather
|
Quakers Hill
|
Tertiary
(includes disinfection)
|
281.2
|
Breakfast Creek to Eastern Creek
|
Richmond
|
Tertiary
(includes disinfection)
|
20.1
|
Reused for irrigation at the University of Western Sydney Richmond campus and Richmond Golf Club; excess overflows to Rickabys Creek
|
Riverstone
|
Tertiary
(includes phosphorus removal and disinfection)
|
104
|
Eastern Creek to South Creek
|
Rouse Hill
|
Tertiary
(includes disinfection)
|
151
|
Second Ponds Creek to Cattai Creek; also reused for local recycling scheme
|
Shellharbour
|
Secondary
(includes disinfection)
|
170
|
Offshore outfall 130 m from Barrack Point, with diffuser zone
|
St Marys
|
Tertiary
(includes disinfection)
|
250
|
Unnamed Creek to South Creek
|
Wallacia
|
Tertiary
(includes phosphorus and nitrogen removal and disinfection)
|
15
|
Warragamba River to the Hawkesbury-Nepean River
|
Warriewood
|
Secondary
(includes disinfection)
|
125
|
Ocean outfall Turimetta Head
|
West Camden
|
Tertiary
(includes disinfection)
|
120
|
Matahil Creek to the Hawkesbury-Nepean River
|
West Hornsby
|
Tertiary
(includes phosphorus and nitrogen removal and disinfection)
|
154.3
|
Waitara Creek to Berowra Creek
|
Winmalee
|
Tertiary
(includes phosphorus and nitrogen removal and disinfection)
|
330
|
Unnamed creek to the Hawkesbury-Nepean River
|
Wollongong
|
Tertiary
(includes disinfection)
|
320
|
Deep water Ocean Outfall approximately 1 km off Coniston Beach, with Emergency Ocean Outfall off Coniston Beach
|