A collaborative project between ISF and the planning team at Sydney Water incorporated interviews with Sydney Water staff, cross organisational workshops within Sydney Water, and the analysis of case studies to challenge the current approach to non-potable recycled water planning. The project identified a number of tangible opportunities for improving recycled water planning, optimising the total infrastructure investment, and delivering it in a way that more closely matches uncertain development timelines and demand profiles.
By challenging the assumptions that currently make non-potable recycling schemes unviable, and facilitating the identification of technical alternatives to make schemes more viable, ISF together with Sydney Water, identified 20 opportunities for change and innovation.
The outcome was a compendium of potential shifts in the technical design of recycled water schemes and/or planning practice that could significantly decrease total scheme costs and/or increase scheme viability for Sydney Water.
Researchers
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Associate Professor and Research Director -
Research Director -
Murray Hall
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Research Principal
Year
- 2019
Location
- Sydney based
Client
- Sydney Water
