The Port Adelaide Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) was decommissioned in 2004 and replaced with a new high salinity treatment plant at Bolivar as part of our program to improve the performance of our metropolitan treatment plants and achieve improved water quality discharges to Gulf St Vincent.

The redundant Port Adelaide infrastructure occupies about five hectares at West Lakes. This site includes buildings and wastewater treatment structures. Three site buildings are listed as Local Heritage Places by Charles Sturt Council and a heritage garden is also located in the general vicinity of the heritage buildings.

We are undertaking an environmental assessment to determine the condition of the land and this will help establish acceptable options for future land use. Further decisions on the potential for future site uses will be based on the outcomes of those investigations.

SA Water will retain a portion of the land on which the relift pump station stands and hold an easement over the parts of the site which contain incoming wastewater mains and part of the main to Bolivar.

A consultation strategy will also be developed to ensure the community is well informed and involved in the decision making process.