Water Utilities

Development of the Strategic Resource Precinct aka Buffertopia concept, business case and vision for application to wastewater treatment plant odour buffers.

Review and development of policies, procedures and position statements associated with odour buffer protection and planning.

Evaluation of the use of water from Water Corporation drains for non-potable use in Perth’s urban infill precincts and associated energy and carbon savings.

Development of a tool to enable analysis of the Water Corporations 110 wastewater treatment plants across Western Australia and associated climate scenarios, water and soils to ascertain the area of trees, turf and other crops which could be irrigated with available outflows.

A strategic evaluation to assess risk of urban encroachment into the odour buffers of 110 Water Corporation wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) across Western Australia and the selection of appropriate protection strategies.

Strategic analysis of wastewater treatment plants in the Perth and Peel region to identify opportunities for mitigating and offsetting carbon emissions through tree plantings.

Organisation of a workshop to develop a collective vision and masterplan for Western Australia’s (and possibly Australia’s) first Strategic Resource Precinct for a Water Resource Recovery Facility. This was subsequently given statutory recognition in the City of Nedlands Planning Scheme.

Annual review of the Water Corporation buffers program (Wastewater treatment plants) to assess performance in reducing risks of urban encroachment and land use conflict to wastewater treatment plant operations and planning.

Preparation of policies, standards and guidelines to support planning and development of Strategic Resource Precinct around Water Corporation Water Resource Recovery Facilities across Western Australia.

A tool to enable evaluation of land use opportunities (e.g. turf, tree plantations, wetlands) for using recycled water from the Water Corporation’s 110 wastewater treatment plants across Western Australia.

Amendments to regional and local planning schemes to implement water infrastructure protection and planning.

Design of a spatial tool to support coordination of water infrastructure planning and delivery with urban planning and development.

Strategic evaluation to assess risk of encroachment posed by urban consolidation into the buffers of the Water Corporation’s 800 wastewater pump stations in the Perth-Peel region.

Development of tools and monitoring dashboard to enable coordination of urban land use and water infrastructure planning (water, wastewater, drainage) .

Evaluation of potential opportunities to convert Water Corporation drainage (grey) infrastructure to blue-green infrastructure to support greening and cooling of urban infill precincts in the Perth Central sub-region.