YARRA VALLEY WATER’S SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM

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1.74 million Population Serviced by YVW

52,000 business

723,000 671,000 residential

Properties Serviced by YVW

>9,000 km 150-1800 mm pipe size

Sewer Network

$3.7 billion

All Infrastructure & Assets

95 Sewer Pump Stations 9

Treatment Plants

YARRA VALLEY WATER’S SEWERAGE NETWORK

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YARRA VALLEY WATER’S SEWAGE FLOWS TO MELBOURNE WATER

107 GL/yr (93%)

45%

93%

Sewage Treated by Melbourne Water

Sewage Treated by Yarra Valley Water

7% (10GL/yr)

YARRA VALLEY WATER

WESTERN TREATMENT PLANT

EASTERN TREATMENT PLANT

55%

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WESTERN & EASTERN TREATMENT PLANT

Western Treatment Plant Eastern Treatment Plant

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YVW’s Treatment Plants Recycled Reservoir Storage

Whittlesea

Aurora

Wallan

Craigieburn

Brushy Creek Lilydale

Monbulk

Upper Yarra

Healesville

LOCATIONS OF YARRA VALLEY WATER’S TREATMENT PLANTS

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YARRA VALLEY WATER’S SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS

BRUSHY CREEK SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT LILYDALE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT LAUNCHING PLACE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT HEALESVILLE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AURORA SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT CRAIGIEBURN SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT WHITTLESEA SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT WALLAN SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT

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Class B

UV

CLASS B RECYCLING

Class B Treatment Primary Treatment: Screening & Grit Removal

Secondary Treatment: Aeration (biological treatment) & Settling

Tertiary Treatment: Filtration, Lagoons & UV

Class B Uses Pasture Irrigation

Golf Course Irrigation

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Class A

CLASS A RECYCLING

Class A Treatment Ultrafiltration – UF

UV Disinfection

Chlorination

Class A Uses Toilet flushing

Garden watering

Clothes washing

Irrigation of public open space

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TP Operations North & East

Management & Operation of TP’s

EPA Licence & Reporting

Integration & Minor Upgrades

TP Planning

TP Optimisation & Design

EPA Liaison & Compliance

Recycled Water Management

Trade Waste

Trade Waste Policy

Trade Waste Applications &

Renewals

Source Control & Customer Service

WHAT WE DO?

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Corporate Licence

Allows YVW to discharge to the

environment & reuse treated sewage for

irrigation subject to a monitoring program

Licence Requirements

Limits nutrient (N & P), BOD and

pathogen discharge to waterways

Licence Importance

Protecting and enhancing waterway

health

TREATMENT PLANT REGULATION & COMPLIANCE

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TP Operations North & East

Management & Operation of TP’s

EPA Licence & Reporting

Integration & Minor Upgrades

TP Planning

TP Optimisation & Design

EPA Liaison & Compliance

Recycled Water Management

Trade Waste

Trade Waste Policy

Trade Waste Applications &

Renewals

Source Control & Customer Service

WHAT WE DO?

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YVW’s Treatment Plants New Recycling Plants

Wallan Class A

Kinglake Class B

Doncaster Class A

Kalkallo Stormwater Recycling

Coburg Stormwater Recycling

NEW RECYCLING SCHEMES

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TP Operations North & East

Management & Operation of TP’s

EPA Licence & Reporting

Integration & Minor Upgrades

TP Planning

TP Optimisation & Design

EPA Liaison & Compliance

Recycled Water Management

Trade Waste

Trade Waste Policy

Trade Waste Applications &

Renewals

Source Control & Customer Service

WHAT WE DO?

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TREATMENT PLANTS

ASSETS

ENVIRONMENT WATER REUSE

OH & S

TRADE WASTE

WHAT WE DO?

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SOURCE CONTROL

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HOW WE DO IT ?

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EXEMPLARY SERVICE AT YVW’S TREATMENT PLANTS