Sewage treatment plants
Fitzroy River Water maintains five sewage treatment plants located in Rockhampton, Gracemere and Mount Morgan. The sewage treatment plants treat the wastewater which has been transported from domestic or industrial sites through a system of sewers and pump stations, known as sewerage reticulation. Once the wastewater has been treated it is discharged into the waterways and or recycled onto sporting fields.
Wastewater can only be disposed of as permitted by a licence under the Environmental Protection Act 1994, administered by the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection.
Gracemere sewerage network
Gracemere Sewage Treatment Plant
Commenced operation: 1984
Population served: ~9,000 equivalent persons
Output: 100% land irrigation at grazing land, golf club, sporting fields
Mount Morgan sewerage network
Mount Morgan Sewage Treatment Plant
Commenced operation: 2006
Population served: 650 equivalent persons
Output: Land irrigation including sporting fields and public open spaces with wet weather discharge to the Dee River
Rockhampton sewerage network
North Rockhampton Sewage Treatment Plant
Commenced operation: 1986
Population served: Approximately 45,000 equivalent persons plus a commercial and industrial component
Output: Discharged to the Fitzroy River upper estuary, downstream of the Barrage
South Rockhampton Sewage Treatment Plant
Commenced operation: 1983
Population served: Approximately 25,000 equivalent persons including a commercial and industrial component
Output: Discharged to the Fitzroy River upper estuary, downstream of the Barrage near the mouth of Gavial Creek