Australian Water Management Review Vol. 1 2014 | Page 107

Alice Water Smart recycling water in the desert
Alice Water Smart is a water efficiency
program comprising a suit of projects
aimed at reducing consumption of potable
water in Alice Springs to preserve the life
of the town’s water supply, the Roe Creek
Bore Field. This initiative is coordinated by
the Power and Water Corporation, NT and
supported by the Australian Government’s
Water for the Future program. The Alice
Water Smart program aims to reduce water
consumption by 1600 mega litres per
annum (equivalent to two months of water
supply for Alice).

One of the key projects is the Alice Water Smart
Reuse initiative aimed at supplementing potable
water supply with recycled water for irrigation
purposes. This involves upgrading the existing
recycled water plant at the Alice Springs Waste
Stabilisation Ponds (WSP) to enable supply of
recycled water for unrestricted irrigation purposes.
The improved product water quality will be
equivalent to the Class A recycled water standard
from the Queensland Recycled Water Management
Plan and Validation Guidelines, 2008.

processes at the Alice WWTP to improve the quality
and quantity of recycled water.
A new 2.5 ML storage tank and additional filtration
and disinfection facilities have been constructed as
part of the upgrade to meet the projected demand
for recycled water and achieve the required water
quality standard. Supply pipelines have also been
extended to provide recycled water to more nonresidential users.

The Alice Springs Waste Water Treatment Plant
(WWTP) is a lagoon-based treatment system with
aeration on the primary lagoon and polishing lagoon.

The project is currently at the commissioning and
validation stage with supply of class A water to
the customers in Alice Springs on schedule to
commence in April 2014.

Currently effluent of the WWTP is treated to
equivalent of class B standard by a 6MLD Dissolved
Air Floatation (DAF) plant. The reclaimed water is
then chlorine disinfected and supplied to selected
end-users in Alice Springs for restricted use.

Iouriv Water Solutions Pty Ltd is proud to be
selected by Power & Water Corporation, NT to
provide ongoing technical support and project
delivery advice on the Alice Water Smart WWTP
upgrades project.

The commissioned upgrades under Alice Water
Smart will expand the capacity and treatment

For more information on Iouriv Water Solutions Pty
Ltd visit http://iourivwatersolutions.com.au/

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