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Secondarytreatment

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Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse Concept

Catchment Area

Total area 105.6 km2

Cheltenham Wetlands with ASR, wetlandsand irrigation

Old Port Road with ASR and wetlands

Riverside GolfCourse and Cooke Reserve with ASR and wetlands

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Frederick Road

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Proposed wetlands and ASR

Proposed diversion system

Indicative of futuredistribution mains

Road network

• supply water for reuse, reducing potable water use and our reliance on our reservoirs and the Murray

• reduce polluted stormwater going to the sea

• reduce flood risk in the Old Port Road area• provide educational benefits and employment

opportunities for local schools and community

The benefits are to:

To create the first stage of a region wide

system that harvests, treats and stores stormwater and distributes

non-potable water through western Adelaide sustaining a growing economy and

enhancing our natural environment.

Funding of over $63 million has been allocated to Stage 1. Infrastructure is to be completed in 2013 with the first

water anticipated to be injected into the aquifer in 2015.

Vision

Stage 1 has 5 key elements:

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Old Port Road; with wetlands and Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) with water reuse, water quality

improvement, environmental enhancements and reducing flood risk.

Riverside Golf Course and Cooke Reserve; with wetlands and ASR components.

Cheltenham Wetlands; with ASR and irrigation to the site’s open space and urban development via a lilac pipe supply system.

River Torrens Diversion System; to divert river water to supply additional water to supplement the wetlands.

Linking and Distribution Mains; linking the Cheltenham, Old Port Road and Riverside/Cooke Reserve projects and a Distribution Main to supply

the recycled stormwater to parts of the council

area.

Water Proofing the West - Stage 1 funding:This project is supported by the Australian Government’s Water for the Future initiative and the Government of South Australia through the City of Charles Sturt with contributions from other funding partners.

For more information on the Water Proofing the West - Stage 1 visit the Council’s website at: www.charlessturt.sa.gov.au

Water Proofing the West - Stage 1