Major upgrade to the Woodman Point Wastewater Treatment Plant
The Woodman Point Wastewater Treatment Plant in Perth services more than half a million people in the southern metropolitan area.
Designed to treat 160 million litres of wastewater per day, it is the Water Corporation’s largest wastewater treatment plant.
The $137 million first stage of upgrade works aim to decrease the level of odours from the plant by 50% and increase solids treatment capacity to 177 million litres a day.
Stage One upgrade components
Odour extraction
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Odour upgrade work on secondary treatment facility and solids processing areas
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Install more than 1km of odour extraction duct work
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Construct a new odour control facility to treat extracted air, including a 50-metre stack.
Solids and wastewater treatment
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Construct one egg-shaped digester
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Install new mechanical process equipment
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Install new high temperature flares, to reduce odour emissions
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Refurbish the sequential batch reactor, to improve the quality of final discharge effluent and prepare for the odour control upgrade
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Refurbish the tanker receival facility to improve operability and reliability.
Keeping you informed
The W2W Alliance is committed to keeping the community, especially residents living near the plant, and other interested stakeholders informed of developments.
Regular editions of our News2Date information bulletin will be delivered to residents living within 2.5km of the Woodman Point plant. There will also be advertisements in the Fremantle Cockburn Gazette.
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