Arkinstall Park Municipal Oval, Tweed Heads
Recycling up to 200ML/annum.
Design history and/or current status:
Design completed 2008
Arkinstall Park Recycled Water Management Plan (521kb)
Barry Sheppard Oval and Round Mountain Pony Club
Recycling up to 200ML/annum.
Design history and/or current status:
Under consideration. Will depend on the outcome of trials for Les Burger Field, Bogangar
Recycled Water Options Report 2006 (7,356kb)
Burringbar / Mooball Reuse Scheme
Recycling up to 20ML/annum.
Design history and/or current status:
Can be implemented once the planned new Sewage Treatment Plant is operating, Community Consultation completed 2007, Review of Environmental Factors (REF) completed 2007, Investigative study completed 2003
Chinderah Golf Course
Recycling up to 110ML/annum.
Design history and/or current status:
In operation since 2009
Chinderah Golf Course Fact Sheet (804kb)
Chinderah Ti Tree Plantation
Recycling up to 950ML/annum.
Design history and/or current status:
Originally linked by private pipeline to the old Kingscliff sewage treatment plant. A link to the new treatment plant is under consideration.
Recycled Water Options Report 2006 (7,356kb)
Condong Co-generation Facility
Recycling up to 584ML/annum.
Design history and/or current status:
In operation since 2007. Council has an agreement with Delta Electricity and Sunshine Sugar for the supply of recycled water for a Cogeneration Facility at Condon Mill. The recycled water is for cooling tower water and boiler feed make up, and uses all average dry weather flow from the Murwillumbah Sewage Treatment Plant .
Coolangatta Tweed Heads Golf Club
Recycling up to 250ML/annum.
Design history and/or current status:
In operation since 1987. The Golf Club installed its own pump equipment and pipeline from the Banora Point treatment plant to the golf course site. The current agreement with the Golf Club is for the provision of up to 2 Megalitres of recycled water per day for irrigation purposes. This equates to approximately 10 per cent of the total production from Banora Point Sewage Treatment Plant.
Cudgen Banana Farm
Design history and/or current status:
In the late 1980's a small size pipe and pump was installed to transport recycled water from Kingscliff Sewage Treatment Plant to a Banana Farm at Cudgen. This system was used for some years but was later abandoned by the owners.
Hasting Point Dune Revegetation
Design history and/or current status:
Irrigation of a small dunal revegetation area with recycled water was investigated at Hastings Point in 1998. A local conservation group representative argued that the natural vegetation cover in this area is dry heath, not rainforest species and therefore opposed the use of nutrient rich recycled water. Potable water was used instead for this project.
Kingscliff Recycled Water Scheme
Recycling up to 180ML/annum.
Design history and/or current status:
Includes Jack Bayliss Park, Reg Dalton Oval, Walter Peat Reserve, Kingscliff Bowls Club, Cudgen Leagues Club, Kingscliff southern foreshore, Kingscliff TAFE and High School, agricultural areas and market gardens west of Kingscliff and south of Cudgen respectively, open space watering at Salt, Casuarina and Kings Forest developments.
The Concept Design was completed in 2005, along with economic assessments. Currently under consideration and will be revisited at a later stage once the staging of future development in the West Kingscliff area becomes clearer.
Kingscliff Recycled Water Scheme 2005 (5,321kb)
Kingscliff Turf Farm
Design history and/or current status:
The establishment of a turf farm utilising recycled water from the old adjacent Kingscliff treatment plant was investigated in 1997. As a sustainable project which provided effective use of the recycled water, Council prepared a development application, received development approval and awarded a Contract to install the irrigation system. Following development approval there were some objections from adjoining landholders which eventually led to an appeal in the Land and Environment Court which Council lost. A decision was made to eventually relocate the STP site and following community pressure the Turf Farm venture was not pursued further.
Les Burger Field, Bogangar
Recycling up to 55KL/day.
Design history and/or current status:
Community Consultation completed 2009, Design completed 2008, Review of Environmental Factors (REF) completed 2007, Management Plan completed 2007.
Les Burger Field Recycled Water Project
Murwillumbah Sports Fields
Design history and/or current status:
The Murwillumbah Recycled Water Irrigation Study was conducted in 1994. Two areas were identified near the Murwillumbah Sewage Treatment Plant namely cane land and sporting fields. Subsequent investigations concluded that the agricultural soils are heavy and are not favourable for irrigation. These flows have since been diverted to the Condong Co-generation Facility.
Tumbulgum Sugar Cane Irrigation
Recycling up to 70KL/day.
Design history and/or current status:
In 1999 Council installed an irrigation system for sugar cane on Council land using recycled water from the Tumbulgum sewage treatment plant. The system utilised a travelling irrigator to irrigate 3.4 hectares of sugar cane which created operational difficulties and costs due to the requirement for fulltime operator presence. The scheme was converted to allow an alternative solution which supplies up to 70kl/day of recycled water to a fresh produce grower on the adjoining property, which is approximately the current Average Dry Weather Flow for the plant.
Tyalgum Pasture Irrigation
Recycling up to 25ML/annum.
Design history and/or current status:
In operation since 1987, the recycled water from the Tyalgum Treatment Plant is used to irrigate adjacent pastures. With an average daily flow of 50 kilolitres approximately 95 per cent of the plant’s production is utilised.
Turf Farm at Round Mountain Road
Recycling up to 365ML/annum.
Design history and/or current status:
Under investigation.
Recycled Water Options Report 2006 (7,356kb)
Tweed Heads Cemetery / Memorial Gardens
Recycling up to 30ML/annum.
Design history and/or current status:
Design completed 2008.
Memorial Gardens Recycled Water Management Plan (559kb)
Tweed Heads South Industrial Area
Design history and/or current status:
Potential for recycled water from Banora Point sewage treatment plant to be piped via a ring main to the existing industrial estate. Would require the plant to be upgraded. Next phase would be to conduct preliminary studies.
Uki Nursery (TSC)
Recycling up to 1ML/annum.
Design history and/or current status:
This option has been removed from the priorities. Detailed assessments showed that the amount of recycled water used was insignificant when compared to the excessive costs of constructing and operating the scheme.
Recycled Water Options Report 2006 (7,356kb)
Uki Eucalyptus Tree Plantation for Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
Recycling up to 9ML/annum.
Design history and/or current status:
The Uki Sewerage scheme was commissioned in 2004. Over 99 per cent of the recycled water produced by the plant is used for irrigating eucalyptus trees in a joint venture with Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, where the trees are harvested by the sanctuary for koala food. A 10 Megalitre wet weather effluent storage dam was constructed to limit discharges to the adjoining creek to extreme wet weather events only.
Recycled Water Options Report 2006 (7,356kb)
West Kingscliff Residential Area (potential future development)
Design history and/or current status:
Identified as an option for future household use of recycled water. To be investigated prior to future development.
West Kingscliff Industrial Estate (potential future development)
Design history and/or current status:
Identified in the Tweed Shire Demand Management Strategy 2008 as an option to be investigated prior to future development.
Demand Management Strategy web page