• Sydney Water’s Young Water Professional of the Year

    Sydney Water’s Young Water Professional of the Year

    Sydney Water Managing Director Kevin Young has congratulated Longueville resident Sally Rewell for winning the Australian Water Association NSW Young Water Professional of the Year Award. Sally works as a Production Officer at Sydney Water’s Rouse Hill Water Recycling Plant. “This prestigious award, announced as part of the Association’s NSW Water Industry Awards in Sydney [...]

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    | March 19, 2013 | 0 Comments
  • Sydney Water’s Walk 4 Water

    Sydney Water’s Walk 4 Water

    Sydney Water Managing Director Kevin Young today led a group of Sydney Water staff on a lunchtime walk to Parramatta Park to kick off WaterAid’s Walk 4 Water fundraiser. WaterAid is a not-for-profit organisation that raises money to help the most disadvantaged communities build and maintain water and sanitation projects. Walk 4 Water encourages fundraisers [...]

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    | March 18, 2013 | 0 Comments
  • Graduates make a splash with Sydney Water’s Graduate Program

    Graduates make a splash with Sydney Water’s Graduate Program

    16 graduates from Sydney and the Illawarra joined Sydney Water’s 2013 Graduate Program last month. Managing Director of Sydney Water, Kevin Young, said the award winning program employs graduates in a range of fields including engineering, science, commerce and communications. “The graduate program offers on the job experience and high quality training to university leavers, [...]

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    | March 8, 2013 | 0 Comments
  • Teachers praise St Marys Water Recycling Education Centre

    Teachers praise St Marys Water Recycling Education Centre

    Feedback from high school teachers about Sydney Water’s free school excursions at its Water Recycling Education Centre at St Marys has been overwhelmingly positive. Ninety two per cent said they would recommend the excursions to other teachers. Ninety four per cent reported that recent professional development sessions at the Water Recycling Education Centre met their [...]

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    | January 23, 2013 | 0 Comments
  • $6 Million Clean Up For Cooks River

    $6 Million Clean Up For Cooks River

    Minister for Finance and Services Greg Pearce today said Sydney’s Cooks River will be noticeably cleaner following the removal of 10 thousand tonnes of sediment and other waste. Mr Pearce said the $6 million project has taken eight months to complete and was carried out by Sydney Water and Veolia Water Network Services.  “As a [...]

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    | January 17, 2013 | 1 Comment
  • Sydney Water’s highlights from 2012!

    Sydney Water’s highlights from 2012!

    The last year was one of great change and development for Sydney Water. We launched a new vision and mission, and restructured our organisation to better adapt in the future. In what was a challenging year, we still managed to achieve a lot. Here’s a short video that looks at some of the highlights of [...]

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    | January 16, 2013 | 0 Comments

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First wastewater installation for $20 million Cowan scheme

| May 10, 2013 | 0 Comments

Property owners in Cowan are one step closer to connecting to the $20 million Cowan Wastewater Scheme with work now underway to install wastewater equipment on their properties. Sydney Water’s General Manager of Infrastructure Delivery, Ian Payne was joined today by Member for Hornsby, Matt Kean and Mayor of Hornsby Shire Council, Steve Russell at [...]

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Sydney Water renews mains in Hurstville

| May 3, 2013 | 0 Comments

Sydney Water is investing $190,000 in renewing water mains in Hurstville to ensure a reliable local water supply. The work will take place on Moore Street and is expected to be finished in June. Sydney Water Managing Director Kevin Young said the investment is part of a broader $177.3 million spend across Sydney Water’s water [...]

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Government delivers on $32 million Warriewood upgrade

| April 30, 2013 | 0 Comments

Minister for Finance and Services Greg Pearce has announced a $32 million upgrade to the Warriewood Wastewater Treatment Plant is complete. Mr Pearce said the upgrade was vital to meet the long term population growth expected in Sydney’s Northern Beaches. “Warriewood Wastewater Treatment Plant serves an area of 25 square kilometres taking in Palm Beach, [...]

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Environmental leaders of the future

| April 29, 2013 | 0 Comments

Residents from Leumeah, Abbotsford and Gosford are making our environment a better place these school holidays by educating visitors at Taronga Zoo about sustainability as part of Sydney Water Zoo month. Shannan Trimble, Tahlia Devine and Ryan Adamson are three teenagers involved in Taronga Zoo’s Youth at the Zoo (YATZ) volunteer program and have been [...]

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Sydney Water spends $170,000 in South Wentworthville

| April 26, 2013 | 0 Comments

Sydney Water is investing $170,000 in renewing water mains in South Wentworthville to ensure a reliable local water supply. In the coming months work will start on Chelmsford Road and is expected to be finished in June. The renewal work was welcomed by Member for Parramatta, Dr Geoff Lee. “We are pleased Sydney Water is [...]

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Sydney Water and Bear Cottage share a day at the Zoo

| April 24, 2013 | 0 Comments

Sydney Water was delighted to give 15 children and family members from Bear Cottage the chance to experience Taronga Zoo today. Hosted by Sydney Water, the Bear Cottage families attended the zoo for a day of fun filled activities, including visiting the Sustainable House at Backyard to Bush and an encounter with the reptiles. Sydney [...]

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