West Dapto Package 3 – Cleveland development area

We're providing water and wastewater to an expected 4,500 new homes in the Cleveland development area, which is part of the West Dapto Urban Release Area (WDURA) and Adjacent Growth Areas (AGA).

This will require:

• a new 3.8 kilometre drinking water main
• about 10 kilometres of new wastewater pipes
• upgrade of the existing wastewater pumping station on the corner of Fairwater Drive and Riverpark Way, Horsley.

Building new water and wastewater networks in the Illawarra enables new communities to grow.

Sydney Water's South Region Delivery Team, D4C, is proud to be delivering this work.

Project timeframes

Work on this project will be staged, with multiple crews working in the area to deliver this project as quickly as possible. We wanted to thank the community for their patience and understanding as we deliver this work as follows:

What you need to know

We have set up our main site compound on Cleveland Road, near the Daisy Bank Drive roundabout. This is where our main office and amenities are located.

Areas impacted by this work will be restored as close as possible to pre-construction conditions.

Work for this project may be noisy and disruptive. Residents may notice an increase in vehicle movements, noise, and dust around work areas. The South Region Delivery Team, D4C, will reduce these impacts as much as practicable while aiming to finish the project as quickly as we can.

Our work hours are:

• 7 am to 6 pm Monday to Friday
• 8 am to 1 pm Saturday

We may need to do some work at night but we’ll let local residents know before we do.

Project approval

On 14 June 2013, the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure granted the following approvals under Part 3A of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979:

• Concept approval to provide water and wastewater services for the West Dapto Urban Release Area (WDURA) and Adjacent Growth Areas (AGAs)
• Project approval to provide water and wastewater services for the WDURA first release precincts.

On 6 January 2016, the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure granted a modification to the concept approval. This enabled the boundary of the concept approval to be aligned with the boundary of the project approval area. The modification also had the effect of removing equivalent or duplicate Minister's Conditions of Approval (MCoA). The project was then named 'Water and Wastewater Servicing of the West Dapto Urban Release Area precincts of Kembla Grange, Sheaffes/Wongawilli and West Horsley'.

Compliance

Sydney Water has developed a Compliance Tracking Program to track and report compliance against the MCoA for Package 3. This program describes compliance responsibilities and provides a clear and consistent format for demonstration of compliance.

Approval documents

• Communications Strategy
• Compliance Tracking Program
• Construction Environmental Management Plan
• Environmental Assessment
• Modification 1 and Appendix
• Pre-Construction Compliance Report
• Road Dilapidation Report
• Staging Report
• Submissions Response Report
• Aboriginal Archaeological Assessment Report

Project audit results

An Independent Environmental Audit was conducted on 14 January 2025 to assess compliance with construction stage conditions from the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIS) WDURA MP09_01809 and to satisfy the requirements of Schedule 3 Condition 3.6(c).

The audit report was finalised on 12 February 2025 with the following results:

• No non-conformances were found
• One improvement opportunity was identified
• Four notable practices were highlighted.

The improvement opportunity recommended the updating of some site maps to better reflect upcoming work.

The notable practices highlighted were:

1. The development of detailed and progressive Erosion and Sediment Control Plans.
2. The implementation of a robust training register and activity specific environmental training program.
3. The use of water cart filling stations that enabled the efficient filling of water trucks and reuse of groundwater to mitigate dust emissions.
4. The preparation and implementation of an advanced material and waste tracking system.