The award-winning Barwon Water Biosolids Management Project provides an environmentally sustainable, long-term solution for 100 per cent reuse of the biosolids produced at Barwon Water’s Black Rock and smaller regional water reclamation plants in Victoria.
At the heart of the project is a $76 million thermal drying facility that can treat 60,000 tonnes of biosolids a year. It is the first of its kind in Australia and the largest of its type in the Southern Hemisphere.
The Barwon Water biosolids drying facility is located approximately 15 kilometres south of Geelong directly adjacent to Barwon Water’s Black Rock Water Reclamation Plant. Find out more
The biosolids drying facility uses proven technology that is safe, reliable, efficient, and capable of delivering a consistent T1 grade of pelletised, dried biosolids; the highest treatment grade of biosolids possible. Find out more
Biosolids plant wins Banksia award. Barwon Water’s biosolids drying project at Black Rock has won the Sustainable Water Management category at the 2014 Banksia Sustainability Awards. Read article