St Marys. $209 million recycling plant opened

Premier Kristine Keneally has opened a $209 million recycling plant at St Marys. Following the plant’s successful commissioning period, the plant will now start providing up to 18 billion litres of recycled water a year – 3.6 per cent of the needs of Sydney, the Illawarra and the Blue Mountains. The project takes wastewater from plants at Quakers Hill, St Marys and Penrith “The St Marys Water Recycling Plant is a pioneer in its field – nowhere else in the world is such high quality recycled water being used for the environment,” Ms Keneally said.