Bundamba/Western Corridor Recycled Water Project Stage 1A
Water Project of the Year
What is it?
The Western Corridor Recycled Water Project will ultimately produce 300,000m3/d of drinking water in South East Queensland. Stage 1A, the Bundamba Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant, was delivered in August 2007. It uses MF/UF, RO, and a final oxidation process that combines UV and hydrogen peroxide to repurify 20,000m3/d of treated wastewater to supply the Swanbank and Tarong electric power generation stations in place of potable water.
Who is responsible?
The client is the Queensland Government. Its alliance partners responsible for delivering the project were a joint venture of Thiess and Black & Veatch. MF/UF pretreatment systems were supplied by Siemens Memcor. Koch Membrane Systems supplied the RO systems. The operations team is Veolia Water and Separation Processes, Inc.
Why is it shortlisted?
- The A$9 billion Western Corridor project is an innovative and sustainable solution to growing water scarcity in South East Queensland. The success of the Bundamba phase is an important milestone in that vision.
- Water reuse has an essential role to play in meeting Australia's water needs, but it still meets public resistance. Bundamba will open minds to the possibilities of reuse.
- Black & Veatch, Thiess and their suppliers Siemens and Koch have served up a technical masterpiece at Bundamba.