The Waterproofing Eastern Adelaide ASR Project captures, treats, stores and then distributes recycled sotrmwater for irrigation purposes across the eastern region of Adelaide. The project comprises of wetlands, pump stations, underground water storage and a distribution pipe network. It provides an environmentally sustainable source of water to irrigate parks and reserves in the Norwood Payneham & St Peters, Walkerville, Campbelltown, Burnside and Port Adelaide Enfield council areas. Stormwater is harvested from Third and Fourth Creeks, it is then treated at Felixstow and Hamilton Reserves to filter out pollutants. Once treated water is injected into a fractured rock aquifer for storage. The Eastern Regional Alliance (an alliance of the six councils in Metropolitan Adelaide’s eastern suburbs) constructed the Felixstow wetlands in 2017. This was supported through significant funding by the Australian Government’s National Urban Water and Desalination Plan and also the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board.
The wetlands system captures, treats and stores stormwater through an aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) scheme and then distributes recycled stormwater for irrigation across the eastern suburbs of Adelaide. The wetlands system also creates new habitat for birds and animals.
The project comprises of wetlands, pump stations, underground water storage and a distribution network. The project provides an environmentally sustainable source of water to irrigate parks and reserves in the Norwood Payneham and St Peters, Walkerville, Campbelltown, Burnside and Port Adelaide Enfield council areas.
Funding partners
- AMLR NRM Board
- Federal Government (National Urban Water and Desalination Plan)