Upper South Creek Advanced Water Recycling Centre

Sydney Water are planning and building projects across Western Sydney to support communities and deliver sustainable water resources.

Join us at the Western Sydney Aerotropolis Community Day to learn more. Our friendly staff will be on hand to answer questions about the Advanced Water Recycling Centre and other projects in the Southwest Sydney and Aerotropolis areas.

When: Saturday 23rd September

Time: 10am – 1pm

Where: Bringelly Community Centre, 5 Greendale Rd Bringelly

View the event flyer here

Our delivery partner, John Holland, will start construction at the AWRC and on the treated water and brine pipelines from around Monday 7 August 2023.

Information on our work locations, working hours and how we will manage construction impacts is in our recent AWRC Notice and Pipelines Notice.

Whilst we will have a number of measures in place to manage noise, dust and vibration, we are always open to feedback about how we can further reduce the impact on you. We would also like to know if there are activities that happen at your address that may be significantly disrupted by our work. To view a full list of our planned measures and provide your thoughts about our approach, please complete a feedback form.

Regular updates will be distributed to the community as the work progresses, with properties that may be highly impacted by noise or vibration or planned night works to receive specific notifications about these activities.

You can register to receive our Community Updates here.

While our Delivery Partner John Holland is building the AWRC and pipelines, construction activities will generate impacts that may be disruptive to the community at times.

We have written to directly affected properties are asking for feedback about the impact of our work and our proposed mitigation measures.

To view and complete the form, please click here.

As detailed design and construction planning progressed, Sydney Water and its delivery partner, John Holland, identified several opportunities to reduce the project’s environmental and community impact. This included avoiding some impacts to threatened biodiversity and heritage as well as reducing impact to the community by simplifying some construction activities.

Eight alignment changes were proposed, located in the local government areas of Wollondilly, Penrith, Fairfield and Canterbury-Bankstown. These include:

• relocation of the flow control valve station (Bents Basin Road, Wallacia)
• realignment of the treated water pipeline at Golfview Drive, Wallacia and Elizabeth Drive, Badgerys Creek
• realignment of the brine pipeline at Bartley Street, Canley Heights
• realignment of access to Lansdowne Reserve
• temporary implementation of three underbore return lines at Nepean River, Jerrys Creek and Badgerys Creek.

Sydney Water prepared a Modification Report to assess the potential impacts of the proposed changes. This was publicly exhibited by the Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) for 14 days from 18 July to 31 July 2023. A total of 12 submissions were received. We responded to each submission via a Submissions Report.

The modification application was approved by the DPE on 10 October 2023.

Further information, including a copy of the Modification Report, Submissions Report (including a copy of each submission), and DPEs Notice of Determination can be viewed on the DPE Major Projects webpage - MOD 2 - Pipeline Realignments | Planning Portal - Department of Planning and Environment (nsw.gov.au)

As part of our commitment to keep everyone informed, Sydney Water's June project update newsletter is now available here Community Update - June 2023.

Our delivery partner, John Holland, will be completing investigation work by potholing to confirm the location of underground utilities along the route of the brine pipeline in Kemps Creek, Cecil Hills, Green Valley, Bonnyrigg, Bonnyrigg Heights, Cabramatta West and Canley Vale.

We will work from Monday 3 July until Friday 14 July 2023, weather permitting. Our working hours will be from 8 pm to 6 am Monday to Friday. We are completing this work at night to maintain safety for road users and workers and to keep people moving during peak travelling times.

We will use concrete saw cutters, excavators and vacuum trucks to form a pothole and confirm the location and depth of underground utilities. If required, jack hammers will also be used. We will also use lighting towers to light our work area. We will then fill and compact the pothole and restore the road or footpath surface.

This work will be noisy however we will coordinate our work so that residents do not experience noise for more than two consecutive nights, or more than three nights in total in one week.

We will be potholing in the following locations:

• Cross Street at the intersection of Devonshire Road, Kemps Creek
• Western Road between Elizabeth Drive and Overett Avenue, Kemps Creek
• Feodore Drive near Spencer Road, Cecil Hills
• North Liverpool Road between the Liverpool-Parramatta Transitway and Whitford Road and at Currawong Street, Green Valley
• North Liverpool Road at the intersection of Montgomery Road, Bonnyrigg
• Montgomery Road near Kincumber Road and Brown Road, Bonnyrigg
• Montgomery Road near Holdin Street, Bonnyrigg
• North Liverpool Road at Wilson Road, Bonnyrigg Heights
• Cabramatta Road West near Tarlington Parade, Cabramatta West
• Monash Place, Cabramatta West
• Hebblewhite Place, Cabramatta West
• Chancery Street between Vale Street and Landsdowne Road, Canley Vale
• Beckenham Street, between Bromley Street and Willowbank Crescent, Canley Vale

There will be temporary traffic changes to ensure the work zone is safe. Partial lane closures and speed reductions may be in place at times and there may be some loss of on-street parking while the work is being completed. Please keep to speed limits and follow signs and the direction of traffic controllers.

Our delivery partner, John Holland, will be completing investigation work by potholing to confirm the location of underground utilities along the route of the brine and treated water pipelines in Canley Vale, Luddenham and Wallacia.

We will work from Tuesday 27 June until Friday 28 July 2023, weather permitting. Our working hours will be from 7 am to 6 pm Monday to Friday.

We will use concrete saw cutters, excavators and vacuum trucks to form the pothole and confirm the location and depth of underground utilities. If required, jack hammers will also be used. We will then fill and compact the pothole and restore the road or footpath surface.

This work will be noisy however residents will experience impact for up to two shifts as the crew continues to move along the road.

We will be potholing in the following locations:

• Bromley Street between Beckenham Street and Chancery Street, Canley Vale
• Willowbank Crescent, Canley Vale
• Park Road near the Luddenham Showground, Luddenham
• Willmington Road between The Northern Road and Park Road, Luddenham
• Byron Avenue, Eagle Street and Driver Avenue, Wallacia

There will be temporary traffic changes to ensure the work zone is safe. Partial lane closures may be in place at times and there may be some loss of on-street parking while the work is being completed. Please keep to speed limits and follow signs and the direction of traffic controllers.

We have prepared a draft UDLP to set the strategy and design for the urban landscape and design at the AWRC. The UDLP focuses on the development of Stage 1 of the project (operational site) however considers opportunities for engagement around the future masterplan for green space (Stage 2) with relevant stakeholders.

Landscape design is important for the AWRC as it will help us achieve place-based outcomes through designing and caring for Country (in partnership with our Aboriginal stakeholders) and to support biodiversity through providing a restored landscape and a sustainable wastewater service now and into the future.

The plan will be submitted to the Department of Planning and Environment in late July 2023. You can review the plan here. For more information or to provide feedback, email us at uppersouthcreek@sydneywater.com.au or call our community relations team on 1800 064 127.