Australia Trials Underground Water Recharging Project

Water Corporation has started trials of a groundwater replenishment project in Craigie, Australia, to treat recycled water to drinking standards and recharge it underground.

The trial will explore the idea of using recycled water to boost Perth’s drinking water supplies.

Australia had earlier commissioned an advanced water recycling plant in Craigie to produce five million litres of recycled water a day, which will then be recharged to a confined aquifer 120-200m underground.

The Australian Government contributed A$19.4m ($18.6m) through the Water Smart Australia programme for the trial project, and Water Corporation will contribute A$31.5m ($31m) over the trial’s three-year life.