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Sydney Water’s world-class water recycling centre
project update
The Upper South Creek Advanced Water Recycling Centre (AWRC) is now one
year into construction from its commencement. A great deal of progress has
been made, and we’d like to share some of the key activities to date.
Throughout 2024, the project has seen many weather challenges. For example,
the images below vividly depict the aftermath of a single rain event in March.
Despite the site being inundated with water due to a 300mm rainfall over 48
hours, the construction team, led by John Holland, demonstrated its resilience.
Within two days, they had managed to mitigate the water’s impact and
resume full-scale construction.
Overflow channel, which is required should the plant suffer flows well
above the treatment capacity during operation.
300mm rain event over a 48 hour period
The one kilometre access road that leads into the AWRC site (beside the new
M12 that’s currently under construction) has been completed, and following
consultation with the project’s First Nations stakeholders, has been named,
Badu Muru Grove. Pronounced ‘Bar-doo Moo-roo’, it means ‘Fresh water Path’
in Dharug language.
The project’s First Nations stakeholders also chose new a Dharug name for
the AWRC, which will be announced when the facility is commissioned in
2025. In addition to the site and road names, three Dharug language names
were chosen for the meeting rooms located in the operation area of the site.
July 2023
September 2024
These names have already been used for the three meeting rooms currently
located at the temporary construction compound. The intention is to transfer
the names across to the permanent meeting rooms when construction is
completed. The chosen names are:
Meeting Room 1: Cabro - Pronounced ‘Cab-row’, it means Shipworm, which is
a shellfish eaten by the local Cabrogal people of the Dharug Nation.
Meeting Room 2: Dyirrabidy - Pronounced ‘Dhi-rah-bidge’, it means Red-belly
black snake, which acknowledges the presence of the red belly black snake that
is native to the area.
Meeting Room 3: Bunda - Pronounced ‘Bún-da’, it means Hobby kite,
which acknowledges the presence of the hobby kite bird which is also native
to the area.
Building on this positive engagement with First Nations stakeholders, TRILITY
Communications, John Holland, and Sydney Water will form a working group in
2025 to create a Dharug cultural display in the site’s administration building to
further promote the awareness and understanding of Dharug language, culture
and country.
The images below show the progress from the green fields starting July 2023
through to September 2024 and provide a visual update on the plant’s
construction progress.
Significant strides are evident, with the mechanical and electrical fit-out
commencing soon and the compound car park being extended to
accommodate the growing site staff.