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Technical tours 

Tour 1: Quaker Hill WRP

The Quakers Hill Water Recycling Plant (WRP) collects and treats wastewater as well as supplies recycled water to the Quakers Hill catchment area. The tour includes a visit to the Aerobic Granular Sludge (NeredaTM) plant – second full scale facility in Australia. This plant represents a big step forward in the efficiency of biological nutrient removal and enablement of nutrient recovery.

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Tour details:

  • Visit of the Purified Recycled Water Discovery Centre

  • Tour of the facility

  • Visit to the Anaerobic Granula Sludge​

Schedule:

  • Location: 240 Quakers Road, Quakers Hill, NSW

  • Date: Wednesday, 2 October 2024 .

  • Attendees: 10-15 max.

  • Transportation: Mini-bus from UTS .

  • Tentative schedule: start at 9 am, meeting point UTS bld 11 (Jones St). The tour will run for 60-90 min. The tour finishes by 12:30 pm with return to UTS.

  • Requirements: attendees must wear sturdy, fully enclosed, flat soled shoes (no open toed shoes such as sandals, thongs, ballet flats, or heels). PPE will be provided on site.

Tour 2: Malabar biomethane plant

The Malabar system is the largest and one of the oldest wastewater systems in Australia, currently servicing over one third of Sydney’s population. Tours of Malabar explore how the wastewater network operates and the role of a water resource recovery facility within the water network. The Malabar plant features the Malabar Biomethane Injection Project ( an exciting collaboration between Sydney Water, Jemena and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency) which demonstrates the potential contribution of waste-to-energy processes in reducing carbon emissions and moving Sydney towards a circular economy.

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Tour details:

  • Plant induction and overview at Main Admin

  • Tour of AD and Biosolids facilities by Fiona Copeman

  • Tour of the Bioemethane upgrader, with technical overview provided by Jemena

Schedule:

  • Location: Fishermans Rd, Malabar, NSW

  • Date: Wednesday, 2 October 2024

  • Attendees: 10-15 max.

  • Transportation: Mini-bus from UTS.

  • Tentative schedule: start at 9 am, meeting point UTS bld 11 (Jones St), tour finishes by 12:30 pm with return to UTS.

  • Requirements: attendees must wear sturdy, fully enclosed, flat soled shoes (no open toed shoes such as sandals, thongs, ballet flats, or heels). PPE will be provided on site

Tour 3: Sircel Villawood (e-waste recycling and recovery)

Sircel is an Australian-owned and operated green technology company solving the rapidly escalating global e-waste crisis. With its end-to-end recycling process, Sircel is diverting up to 100% of end-of-life electronics – from consumer items to civic infrastructure – away from landfill and extracting the source materials for reuse in the circular economy.

Sircel, has the capacity to process 60 tonnes of e-waste a day offering a major contribution to the reduction of landfill and the diversion of commodities back to the circular economy.

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Schedule:

  • Location: Sircel processing facility in Villawood, NSW

  • Date: Wednesday, 2 October 2024

  • Attendees: 10-15 max.

  • Transportation: Mini-bus from UTS

  • Tentative schedule: start at 9 am, meeting point UTS bld 11 (Jones St), tour finishes by 12:30 pm with return to UTS.

  • Requirements: enclosed shoes and long pants must be worn for all attendees. PPE will be provided on site.

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