Upper South Creek Advanced Water Recycling Centre

An Amendment Report to Sydney Water’s Upper South Creek AWRC Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is going on public exhibition on the NSW Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) website from Wednesday, 23 March until Tuesday, 5 April.

The Amendment Report reflects seven minor amendments to the project that were made based on feedback from partners and stakeholders. They include minor realignments of the treated water and brine pipelines, and a change to the AWRC site boundary.

DPE will consider any submissions received about the Amendment Report when making a decision about the project.

Please note, Sydney Water’s Amendment Report is not a response to EIS submissions. A separate Submissions Report is currently being prepared by Sydney Water to address submissions received during last year’s EIS exhibition period.

All Upper South Creek AWRC EIS documents are still available at the Upper South Creek Planning Portal page if you wish to review them.

To support the exhibition of the Upper South Creek and AWRC Environmental Impact Statement, Sydney Water has developed a brochure that summarises the EIS.

We have also translated the brochure into Arabic, Simplified Chinese and Vietnamese.

The CALD versions are available to download on Sydney Water Talk

• Read the brochure in Arabic here
• Read the brochure in Simplified Chinese here
• Read the brochure in Vietnamese here

NSW Department of Industry, Planning and Environment (DPIE) is currently exhibiting the Upper South Creek and AWRC Environmental Impact Statement for public comment. The EIS assesses the project’s impacts and outlines how they will be managed.

Sydney Water has developed a brochure that summarises the EIS. You can read it here.

Sydney Water held three culturally and linguistically diverse online community information sessions to allow members of the community to get an update on the project, ask questions, and tell us what they thought about the project.

The three online sessions were held in Arabic, Vietnamese and Chinese.

Details of these sessions:

• Arabic: Friday, 16 July
• Vietnamese: Friday, 23 July
• Chinese: Saturday, 24 July

Sydney Water hosted multiple 'pop-up' information sessions between Saturday 5 June 2021 and Saturday 3rd July 2021, where the community were given the opportunity to come and meet the team and tell us what they thought about the proposed Advanced Water Recycling Centre’s design.

The centre in Kemps Creek, just north of Elizabeth Drive, will provide essential wastewater services for West and South West Sydney for generations to come.

To do this we also need to install two new pipes, one running 17km west and another 24km east.

The 'pop-up' information sessions were critical in allowing us to minimise any potential disruptions in the neighbourhood.

If you missed these sessions and still want to tell us what you think, email us at uppersouthcreek@sydneywater.com.au or call 1800 064 127.

Sydney Water hosted four online information sessions to allow the community to hear more about the Upper South Creek project.

Online session 1: Thursday 18 February 2021.

This session was designed for community interested in the proposed Upper South Creek Advanced Water Recycling Centre. This included community who live and work close to the future centre in Kemps Creek, near Mamre Road and Elizabeth Drive, and the surrounding suburbs of Badgerys Creek, Luddenham and Penrith.

Online session 2: Friday 19 February 2021.

This session was designed for community who live and work in Mulgoa, Wallacia and Warragamba.

Online session 3: Monday 22 February 2021.

This session was designed for community who live and work near the M7 and Western Sydney Parklands, Abbotsbury, Cecil Park, Cecil Hills and nearby suburbs.

Online session 4: Tuesday 23 February 2021.

This session was designed for community who live and work at Bonnyrigg, Bonnyrigg Heights, Busby, Cabramatta, Cabramatta West, Edensor Park, Fairfield, Lansdowne, Mount Prichard, and nearby suburbs.