Recycled water

Recycling water is another aspect of water resource management, increasing overall water availability by providing an alternative and additional water supply.

Veolia Water is a world leader in designing, constructing and operating wastewater recycling plants, treating wastewater and creating purified recycled water. It has a local and international track record in producing economical and ecologically-sound water recycling solutions.

Across the world, the company has developed wastewater reuse projects which provide more than 2 billion litres a day for municipal and industry customers. Its 100 water reuse installations have provided water equivalent to consumption for 14 million people.

In Australia, water recycling contracts and large scale water recycling projects have been successfully implemented for irrigation in agriculture, to water parklands and for use in industry.

In 2009, Veolia Water treated more than 134 billion litres of wastewater and created more than 32 billion litres of recycled water in Australia and New Zealand.

Helping Australia to secure alternative water supplies, Veolia Water's recycled water projects include:

Queensland

• The Western Corridor Recycled Water Project - Veolia Water is the scheme operator for three new advanced water treatment plants and pipelines to produce safe, purified recycled water.

New South Wales

• The Rosehill Recycled Water Scheme - Upon completion, Veolia Water will operate a 20 million litres per day recycled water plant which will deliver recycled water to industrial customers in western Sydney.
  For more information visit: http://www.rosehillrecycledwaterscheme.com.au/
  
• The Gerringong Gerroa Sewerage Scheme - Veolia Water designed, built and now operates the sewerage plant designed to reuse 80 per cent or more of the treated effluent in local farm irrigation.

South Australia

• Glenelg to Adelaide Parklands Recycled Water Project - United Water, a Veolia Water subsidiary, is working in an alliance to treat recycled water and transport it underground to irrigate Adelaide city's parklands.
• Dual reticulation supply for Mawson Lakes - United Water, a Veolia Water subsidiary, treats wastewater and mixes it with stormwater for use in toilet flushing and garden irrigation in this newly-developed Adelaide suburb.
• Dual reticulation supply for Adelaide Airport - United Water, a Veolia Water subsidiary, takes treated wastewater from Glenelg Wastewater Treatment Plant for park and golf course irrigation and toilet flushing at the airport.
• Virginia Pipeline Scheme - United Water, a Veolia Water subsidiary, and SA Water constructed a $30 million filtration/disinfection plant to treat lagoon effluent from the Bolivar Wastewater Treatment Plant, producing Class A reclaimed water which can be used for irrigation of Virginia's food crops. The system involves more than 100 km of pipes, distributing more than 15 billion litres of reclaimed water each year to 240 users.

Victoria

• Ballarat North Water Reclamation Plant - United Water, a Veolia Water subsidiary, operates this reclamation plant which delivers up to 8.5 billion litres per day of treated wastewater for agricultural and industrial use in the Ballarat region.