Sydney Park Water Re-Use Project

Located in inner-city Sydney, the multiaward-winning Sydney Park Water Re-Use Project has transformed apost-industrial wasteland into vital green infrastructure for a rapidlyexpanding city. Led by Turf Design Studio and EnvironmentalPartnership, the project fuses design, art, science and ecology to create adynamic city parkland, integrating landfill remediation, recreation, enhancedbiodiversity, and civil infrastructure, with advanced urban water re-usesystems. The project: • Is the City of Sydney’s largeststormwater harvesting and re-use facility • Harvests 840 million litres of stormwater annually • Is designed to reduce the City of Sydney’s potable water demand by 10% before2030 • Revitalises 40 hectares of former landfill site into wetlands, playgrounds,wildlife habitat, and recreational areas As Sydney’s largest water harvestingproject to date, the project has successfully reduced drinkable water use,through the capacity to capture and clean the equivalent of 340 Olympic-sizedswimming pools of water per year. The park’s flora and fauna are flourishing,with improved recreation options, visual appeal and enhanced biodiversity. Alandmark test-case for large-scale future-proofing of our urban landscapes, theproject demonstrates the potential of sustainable water use. Thirty million litres a year of harvestedwater is now recycled for improved pond and wetlands circulation, irrigation ofgrassed areas and to supply the park’s nursery operations. Impact of waterharvesting and re-use already extends beyond the limits of Sydney Park, withnon-drinkable water supplied to truck washing at the neighbouring City ofSydney Depot. The project intends to expand this function further, with plansto supply recycled water to neighbouring industry and to large-scaleneighbouring urban redevelopment projects now in planning. Site size: 400000 m2 Completion date: 2015 Landscape Architect: Turf Design Studio、EnvironmentalPartnership Photo credit: Ethan Rohloff