Bondi Stormwater Project

Council has been successful in securing a grant of $465,000 from the NSW Office of Water to construct an innovative stormwater harvesting and re-use scheme at Bondi Beach.

The Bondi Stormwater Project is a water recycling scheme which is designed to harvest and re-use stormwater currently discharged at the Southern end of Bondi Beach. Construction commenced on August 29, 2011, and major works will be finished by November, prior to the busy summer season.

Annually, the scheme will harvest and re-use over 50 million litres of stormwater for irrigation, toilets and public cleaning at Bondi Beach.

Key benefits of the project include:

  • Valuable drinking water conserved - in excess of 50 million litres per annum
  • Improved water quality at the Bondi Beach
  • Improved park surfaces and greater capacity for Council to manage surface damage caused by large community events and high summer visitation

Not only will the scheme save large amounts of valuable drinking water, it will also work to improve the water quality at Bondi Beach by using biofiltration technology to remove pollutants from excess stormwater discharged at Bondi Beach. The scheme will be powered by a dedicated renewable energy powerplant, making the project carbon neutral. 

By conserving water, saving money and improving water quality, the Bondi Stormwater Project is helping to make Waverley a water sensitive municipality.

For updates on constuction works visit www.bondieye.com.au.

For more information on this project contact Corey Fox on 9369 8086 or email coreyf@waverley.nsw.gov.au.

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Storm water