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Woodman Point Water Resource Recovery Facility
Western Australia’s largest water resource recovery facility is undergoing a significant upgrade to increase its capacity to sustainably convert wastewater into clean water, support renewable energy, and capture other valuable resources.
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Woodman Point Water Resource Recovery Facility in Munster can currently collect and safely treat 150 million litres of wastewater daily from around 900,000 homes and businesses in Perth’s southern suburbs.
The wastewater is treated and some is recycled into other fit-for-purpose resources, including water, biogas and biosolids which are organic waste products. Water Corporation aims to recycle up to 35 per cent of all wastewater in the Perth metropolitan area by 2035.
As part of a three-year project, the facility will be upgraded to increase its capacity from 78 tonnes to 120 tonnes of organic matter daily, incorporating more onsite renewable energy and improving treatment efficiency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Waste no longer a waste
Woodman Point Water Resource Recovery Facility is a vital infrastructure treating, recycling and repurposing wastewater.
After water is flushed away, the facility collects and treats the wastewater, processing up to 78 tonnes of organic matter daily to produce biosolids. These biosolids are a valuable resource that can be used as safe and sustainable fertiliser in broadacre agriculture.
The facility will be progressively upgraded to treat 120 tonnes daily, to cater to Perth’s growing southern corridor and alleviate pressure on valuable scheme water supplies.
Enhanced energy recovery technology will also be installed, enabling the facility to capture and reuse more biogas as a renewable energy source. This will mostly be methane, which is naturally produced as a by-product during the treatment process.
Recovering waste and reducing emissions
The upgrades will allow for more onsite renewable energy to power the water resource recovery facility, which will reduce greenhouse emissions by around 5,600 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent annually.
Consolidating solids treatment at the facility and improving treatment efficiency will also result in approximately 1,000 fewer truck trips annually. This will lead to a further reduction in emissions of about 1,300 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year.
The project will support around 300 local jobs and contribute to Water Corporation’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2035.
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