How Victoria gets it right - recycled sewage keeps parks green ...

Excerpt from the Herald Sun:

Recycled sewage keeps parks green

4 January 2007

Recycled water from Werribee's western treatment plant is hot property as Victoria's drought drives demand through the roof.

City West Water has sold nearly 114 million litres of Class A recycled water in the first 12 months of operation at its two recycling standpipes.

The plant is earning a pretty penny from sales, with government and industry buyers forking out 71c a litre for the precious former sewage.

Melbourne's parks are the main beneficiaries.

Local councils snapped up 65 per cent of the treated effluent to keep sporting ovals and gardens green.

However City West Water managing director Anne Barker said a range of businesses were beating the drought by buying recycled water.

"It isn't just councils and sports facilities using recycled water," Ms Barker said.

"It's a viable alternative for car washing, graffiti removal, dust suppression, and industrial uses."

Portable toilet company Splashdown, made famous by the hit movie Kenny, has used the recycled water to flush more sewage at events such as Moomba and New Year's Eve in the city.

Splashdown managing director Glenn Preusker said using recycled water for portaloos completed a "circuit system" because the waste from the toilets was then taken for recycling.

"We worked out that, just at Moomba, using the recycled water saved the equivalent of an Olympic-sized pool of fresh water," Mr Preusker said.
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