Fishermans Bend
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A water sensitive community
Fishermans Bend is Australia’s largest urban renewal project covering approximately 485 hectares and consisting of five precincts in the heart of Melbourne.
It's expected that by 2050, Fishermans Bend will be home to approximately 80,000 residents and provide employment for up to 80,000 people including 12,000 university students.
The Fishermans Bend vision is for “a thriving place that is a leading example for environmental sustainability, liveability, connectivity, diversity and innovation”. We believe that water is pivotal to the design of this community and we're proposing an integrated water system, which leverages the entire water cycle, to achieve this vision.
By investing in this project, we'll help to create a water sensitive community that secures Melbourne’s liveability and sets a new benchmark in sustainable urban design.
Supporting the vision of all our stakeholders
By enabling a more sustainable, resilient community with more efficient use of assets, an integrated water system fulfils the vision of numerous government and planning agencies, building owners and developers including: The Victorian Government, City of Port Phillip, City of Melbourne and Melbourne Water.
Read the Fishermans Bend Framework and Water Sensitive City strategy for more information.
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Intergrated water system
Some new apartments in Fishermans Bend have been built with separate pipes to deliver drinking water and recycled water.
Recycled water is produced by treating the wastewater from homes and businesses to a high-quality class A standard and for supply back to properties for reuse.
Recycled water will be available in Fishermans Bend once a local water recycling plant is built. Until then, we’re supplying drinking water through the recycled water pipes. You can learn more about recycled water here
At Fishermans Bend, rainwater is captured off building roofs, collected in large tanks and then supplied for use through the buildings’ recycled water pipes. If the rainwater tanks are running low or is empty, we’ll supplement the supply with recycled water through these pipes.
Benefits of an intergrated water system
An integrated water system will make the most of locally available water, minimising water and sewerage loads, reducing flooding and transforming urban amenities. Benefits include:
Our plans for Fishermans Bend
We’ll build a water recycling plant and sewer mining pump station to mine the city’s sewage and treat it to class A recycled water standard.. The precinct scale size of the plant means it will allow us to supply recycled water to properties and outdoor areas such as parkas and gardens to create drought-resilient green spaces which enhance liveability.
We’ll also design, construct and operate an integrated water system to deliver a reliable recycled water supply. The integrated water system will use smart grid technology to maximise rainwater capture for reuse in properties, while mitigating localised flooding.
Each component of the Fishermans Bend project will be delivered separately, as individual projects. You can find out more about the individual components and their progress below.
