Recycling plant brings region closer to being drought proof
Hunter Water says its proposed $20 million effluent recycling plant on Kooragang Island in New South Wales is part of an overall plan to drought-proof the region.
The water corporation says the plant has the potential to cut the region's water use by 4 per cent - industrial stakeholders will be consulted on the plan over the next fortnight.
Earlier this week Prime Minister John Howard called for more water recycling across the nation.
Hunter Water's managing director Kevin Young agrees it is the key to curbing water use.
"We've finished the first stage of our $700,000 recycling plan for the Hunter and it shows that one of our best prospects is a major recycling project on Kooragang Island and Islington-Mayfield precinct," he said.
"Recycling effluent is certainly something that's always available even when it doesn't rain so it does fit into everyone's plans for drought-proofing a region."
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