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The origins of Sydney Water go back to 26 March 1888 when the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Amendment Act, 1888 [1] was enacted and repealed certain sections of the Sydney Corporation Act, 1879 [2] relating to water supply and sewerage, thereby transferring the property, powers and obligations from the Municipal Council to the Board of Water Supply and Sewerage.
The remaining area (2 roods & 6 3/4 perches) accommodates the underground section of the structure and has been used for Sydney Water operations as a maintenance depot. [4] [1] The aqueduct has required only minor repairs in the first 90 years of its existence. [1] It was repaired c. 1986, consisting of the insertion of a plastic liner in the ...
Army water transport, from 1963 until 1997, now public space with remnants. [105] Sydney Smelting Co. Tin smelter and wharf. [106] 1892—1967 Kellys Bush Park, tin smelting operation was relocated to Alexandria: Hunters Hill (Unknown) Coal tar refinery producing Carbolic Acid. [107] 1900-1911 Site reused by Radium Hill (see below) Radium Hill
The site is now arguably the most important operations and control centre for Sydney's water supply system. [1] The pipes are a visual feature of the landscape along which they run. The physical curtilage of the Pipehead to Potts Hill Pipelines extends to the boundary of Sydney Water Corporation land along the route of the pipelines.
As at 10 September 2009, the Woronora Dam, constructed between 1927 and 1941, was the fifth and last of the water supply dams constructed prior to the Second World War to provide a secure water supply to satisfy the demands of industrial, commercial and residential development of metropolitan Sydney up to c. 1960.
When operating at full capacity, the Sydney desalination plant was designed to supply up to 15% of the drinking water supply for Sydney's 2006 population. It was the largest water supply project for Sydney, Australia's biggest city, since Warragamba Dam was opened in 1960 by the Sydney Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board.
The Potts Hill Reservoir site is near Regents Park and Bankstown. It is situated upon the highpoint of the area and is bounded by Rookwood Road and Brunker Road, Cooper Road and the Sydney Water Supply Pipelines. Reservoir No. 1 was the first reservoir on the site, constructed between 1887 and 1889.
Mount Dorothy Reservoir was completed in 1961 to meet the increasing need for water in the western suburbs of Sydney, particularly at Wentworthville and Westmead. [1]Mount Dorothy Reservoir (WS 73) is one of only two reservoirs using prestressed concrete technology to be built by the Metropolitan Water Sewerage & Drainage Board, although a number of similar reservoirs have been taken over by ...