An extra 40,000 are expected to call the Redlands home by 2030 so it is important to provide the infrastructure to meet this growth.
A big part of that infrastructure is wastewater treatment facilities which treat the wastewater from our homes and businesses.
This year’s Council Budget includes nearly $12 million for waste water treatment plant upgrades.
Below is a list of all projects included in this year’s Budget:
| Waste Water Project | |
| Pt. Lookout Waste Water Treatment Plant | 3,000,000 |
| Sewerage Pump Stations | 2,765,328 |
| Waste Water Treatment Plant Inlet Works Expansions, Thorneside and Mt Cotton | 2,410,000 |
| Dunwich Sewerage Gravity Sewers | 1,131,000 |
| Pumps and Switchboards | 726,300 |
| Pump Station Infiltration reduction | 500,000 |
| Odour works at inlet – Cleveland | 300,000 |
| Flow Meters, Aerators & Mixers, Pipes & Valves and Lifting Gear | 221,700 |
| Pumps & Macerators, Odour Control, Dosing Pumps and Clarifiers | 190,000 |
| Cleveland Waste Water Treatment Plant | 150,000 |
| Confined Space Safety Equipment (Pump Stations and Reticulation) | 150,000 |
| Control Systems and Pipe Work & Valves | 137,100 |
| Civil, Generators, Cranes & Hoists and Blowers & Compressors | 132,000 |
| Pump Station Bypass Enabling | 100,000 |
| Thorneside Sewage Treatment Plant Odour Control – Additional Carbon Unit | 70,000 |
| Minor Wastewater Plant & Equipment | 10,500 |
| Total Waste Water | 11,993,928 |