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Navigating your new websiteRecycled water is a valuable resource in our service region.
We operate seven recycled water plants in the area previously serviced by Western Water, with each treating wastewater and producing recycled water to a Class A, Class B or Class C standard.
Greater Western Water treats wastewater, producing recycled water so it can be used again for a variety of beneficial non-drinking purposes. Find out where your sewerage goes.
Recycled water is wastewater that has been collected and treated so that it can be used again for a variety of non-drinking purposes.
Class A is the highest quality of recycled water. It's supplied to residential customers for non-drinking purposes such as toilet flushing, garden watering and car washing.
Class B & C recycled water can replace the need to use drinking water for a number of commercial and agricultural applications in the area previously serviced by Western Water.
Each of Greater Western Water's recycled water plants in the area previously serviced by Western Water has a recycled water scheme attached to it, with the exception of Bacchus Marsh. The Sunbury-Melton scheme is our longest pipeline.
Recycled water carters are vehicles that are registered to draw water from Greater Western Water’s recycled water supply network in the area previously serviced by Western Water.
The Western Irrigation Network has been approved for construction.