Cronulla Sewage Treatment Plant or STP for short was commissioned in 1956 wow that is a long time ago...... The Sutherland Shire may have looked somewhat different back then! In the 1954 the population was 65, 000 whereas at the last census (2001) the area now weighs in at over 200, 000!!! check out Shire history if you are interested. So, that is clearly a lot of poop, and the sewage plant has expanded over time in order to keep up with its populations poop production.
The most recent upgrade of Cronulla's STP was in 2001. This upgrade brought Cronulla in line with the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) guidelines and enabled the plant to deal with the growing population.
The Australian Water Sevices tell us that
The Australian Water Sevices tell us that
The Cronulla Waste Water Treatment Plant is owned by the Sydney Water Corporation and serves the communities of the Cronulla-Sutherland Peninsula, including Sylvania, Como, Menai and Heathcote.
The Plant was commissioned in April 2001 and the $90 million upgrade has been completed.
The upgrade is providing far-reaching environmental and health benefits to the local area. These benefits include improved the water quality at Cronulla’s local beaches and Bate Bay, opportunities for local industry to re-use some of this highly treated effluent, and meeting the requirements of local population growth.
The upgrade is providing far-reaching environmental and health benefits to the local area. These benefits include improved the water quality at Cronulla’s local beaches and Bate Bay, opportunities for local industry to re-use some of this highly treated effluent, and meeting the requirements of local population growth.
Sydney Water contracted Bovis Lend Lease to design, construct and operate the Plant. Bovis Lend Lease formed a consortium with AWS and the Cronulla Waste Water Group, a joint venture between CH2Mhill and Sinclair Knight Merz.
The management of the Plant was handed back to Sydney Water in April 2003 with full compliance on all contractual obligations including process performance, operating cost verification and training of the future operations team.
Located on the Kurnell Peninsular with an ocean outfall at Potters Point Cronulla is the biggest Shoreline outfall in the Sydney region. It is also smack bang in the middle of what must be one of the most damaged pieces of land on the Australian coastline. With the oil refinery and the proposed desalination plant and the landfill site......its just well its not right. Anyway the Sewage plant has been a point on contention in the past ...which i will research further.....
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