South Waste Water Treatment Plant

Environmental Protection License No: 5067

The South Waste Water Treatment Plant was constructed in the early 1960’s. It is a Trickling Filter Plant, comprising of the following processes:

  • manually raked inlet screens
  • grit removal
  • primary sedimentation
  • trickling filtration
  • secondary sedimentation
  • anaerobic digestion (open untreated tanks).

View the WWTP process flowchart

The Plant treats approximately 1.0 ML per day.

Catchment Equivalent Population Average Dry Weather Flow (ML/Day) (240 L/capital/day) Peak Dry Weather Flow (ML/day) (480 L/capital/day) Wet Weather Flow (3.6 x PDWF)
South WWTP 4179 1.01 2.01 7.22

Download the map of monitoring and discharge points for South WWTP

Monitoring Data
The following links provide details of monitoring data for South WWTP. Results shall be updated quarterly, in accordance with the Environmental Protection Licence conditions of the facility.

2023

South WWTP results 24 October 2023
South WWTP results 18 July 2023
South WWTP results 25 April 2023
South WWTP results 31 January 2023

2022
South WWTP results 19 July 2022
South WWTP results 26 April 2022
South WWTP results 1 February 2022

2021
South WWTP results 26 October 2021
South WWTP results 20 July 2021
South WWTP results 27 April 2021
South WWTP results 2 February 2021

2020
South WWTP results 27 October 2020
South WWTP results 21 July 2020
South WWTP results 28 April 2020
South WWTP results 4 Feb 2020

2019
South WWTP results 12 Nov 2019
South WWTP results 23 July 2019
South WWTP results 14 May 2019
South WWTP results 5 February 2019

2018
South WWTP results October 2018
South WWTP results July 2018
South WWTP results April 2018
South WWTP results January 2018

2017
South WWTP results December 2017
South WWTP results April 2017
South WWTP results January 2017

EPL monitoring data correction log

Download the EPL monitoring data correction log