AlburyCity has developed a sophisticated, elegant and ecologically sustainable solution to wastewater management and re-use.
For a description of Albury’s water supply and sewerage systems click here www.alburycity.nsw.gov.au/publications/images/alburywater_flow_sheets.pdf

The Wonga Wetlands are the centre-piece of Council's development.

Primary Objectives

• provide a beneficial reuse of the reclaimed water by establishing an ecological resource for the region with development primarily for conservation purposes whilst affording educational and controlled recreational opportunities.
• maximise water purification by utilising the natural abilities of wetlands to filter pollutants.
• enable monitoring and assessment of the treatment effectiveness (and efficiency) of wetlands, particularly with respect to receipt of highly treated reclaimed water.

Operational Objective

• To manage the hydrological regime of the system to emulate the pattern which would have occurred in the past, prior to river regulation; that is, winter-spring flooding followed by a gradual lowering of the water over the summer-autumn. The lowering of the wetlands is achieved through natural evaporation and by using the wastewater for irrigation of woodlots, recreation areas and commercial crops.