Water Minister Terry Redman has announced the completion of a $440,000 upgrade to wastewater recycling facilities in Kulin, which will allow 100 per cent of the town's wastewater to be recycled.
Kulin, like many Wheatbelt towns, has been heavily affected by the drying climate of recent years, reducing the amount of stormwater available to irrigate the town's oval and green spaces.
Mr Redman said the Water Corporation had worked with the Shire of Kulin to develop the wastewater recycling scheme to irrigate these valuable community assets.
"The recycling scheme will supply around 15 million litres of treated wastewater each year, to irrigate the town's oval and green spaces," he said.
"As part of the upgrade, the Water Corporation installed a chlorinator to disinfect treated wastewater before it leaves the treatment plant and the shire built a pipeline to transfer the recycled water to the public open spaces.
"The treated wastewater will be tested regularly to ensure it meets quality standards set by the Department of Health."
Last summer, the Water Corporation supplied a small volume of treated wastewater via tanks to irrigate the town's oval.
"This upgrade to recycling facilities in Kulin provides a permanent supply of treated wastewater for community benefit, while reducing demand on scheme water," the Minister said.
Fact File
About 90 per cent of all wastewater in the Great Southern region is recycled, the highest proportion of any region in WA
Over the past 10 years the volume of wastewater recycled State-wide has increased by 75 per cent to 21.1 billion litres in 2011-12
More information about water recycling at http://www.watercorporation.com.au
Minister's office - 6552 6700
