The Minister for Water,
the Honourable Peter Walsh, MLA, has officially opened the $77 million
biosolids thermal drying facility at the Black Rock environmental
precinct in Connewarre. The ribbon-cutting completed a project that has
been more than 10 years in the making.
Every
day of the year, the Black Rock Water Reclamation Plant treats around
50 million litres of domestic and commercial sewage from the greater
Geelong region and creates almost 140 tonnes of biosolids. Biosolids
are nutrient-rich and make valuable fertiliser, but must be first dried
and turned into pellets.
The
biosolids drying facility was built by the Plenary Group and will be
operated by the Water Infrastructure Group. The $77 million project was
delivered within the Partnerships Victoria framework, an initiative of
the Victorian Government.
Water Minister Peter Walsh with Plenary Group Associate Director Carl Retschko
officially open the biosolids drying facility.
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