Sydney Water opens facility to serve 140,000 new Western Sydney homes
Sydney Water opened the $1.2 billion Badu Yarragul facility to serve 140,000 new homes.
Sydney Water has opened the Badu Yarragul facility at Kemps Creek to support housing growth across Western Sydney. The $1.2 billion plant treats up to 35 megalitres of wastewater each day.
The facility uses advanced membrane bioreactor and reverse osmosis technology. The facility lets more than 140,000 new homes and businesses connect to wastewater services across the Aerotropolis, Bradfield City and surrounding areas.
Future upgrades will double capacity to up to 70 megalitres daily, supporting more than 280,000 additional connections. The facility produces biosolids for reuse in agriculture and forestry.
It also creates recycled water opportunities. The name Badu Yarragul means freshwater cleaning in the local language.
This infrastructure removes a major constraint on housing development in the region.
- $1.2 billion
- Cost
- 35 megalitres
- Daily capacity
- 140,000
- Homes enabled
- Kemps Creek
- Location
Why it mattersWithout this plant, Western Sydney's planned housing growth would face sewage problems. The facility unblocks development for hundreds of thousands.
AustraliaWestern Sydney housing and Aerotropolis development can now proceed; the facility removes wastewater infrastructure barriers blocking major new residential areas.
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