Georges River Network Odour Reports - September 2024

We regularly monitor the performance of the Georges River Wastewater Network to make sure our operations are having minimal impact to our customers and neighbours. This includes monitoring for wastewater odours coming from the network.

In September 2024, we received 8 odour reports from neighbours in the Georges River Wastewater Network.

If you have noticed wastewater odours in your area and would like to report them to Sydney Water, please complete an odour report. Links to the reporting tool can be found on our project webpage.

Fairfield Water Resource Recovery Facility

There were 2 odour reports for the Fairfield WRRF in September 2024. Fairfield WRRF was not operating at either of the times specified in the odour reports, and wind direction analysis suggested that Fairfield WRRF was not the cause of odour.

Liverpool Water Resource Recovery Facility

There were 0 odour reports for the Liverpool WRRF in September 2024.

Liverpool WRRF odour report heatmap from September 2023 to September 2024.

Glenfield Water Resource Recovery Facility

There were 6 odour reports for the Glenfield WRRF in September 2024.

• 2, 4, 5 and 13 September - For these four reports, the report details were compared with wind direction and facility operations at the times the odours were reported. The wind directions suggested that Glenfield WRRF may not have been the cause of the odours.
• 6 and 12 September - During this period, there was a planned shutdown of a wastewater pumping station inside the Glenfield WRRF, which resulted in a temporary change to treatment operations. As such, the reported odours may have been caused by the Glenfield WRRF when considering the wind direction and facility operations at the time.
  Glenfield WRRF odour report heatmap from September 2023 to September 2024