As the weather gradually starts to warm again, odour management at our plant remains a priority. Here’s a summary of how we’re currently managing odour.

Within the next month, we plan to ‘top-up’ the mulch that sits on top of our biofilter, to ensure it continues to minimise odour. We’ll also progress with some sealing works in various places to ensure odour cannot escape.

We have completed work to improve our odour misting – this means our ‘misting system’ will run for longer periods.

Within the next three months, we’re planning smoke testing of our ventilation pipework. This means by using smoke we can identify how the air moves through our pipes, and identify areas for improvement.

We’ll also install a better way to capture ‘rags’, which refers to items that come through our wastewater system which should not be there. Remember the three Ps – only flush Pee, Poo and Paper down your toilet.

We continue to speak with experts to improve our odour management.

With the next year, we continue to plan for major works on our Autothermal Thermophilic Aerobic Digestion system (ATAD system). This will include cleaning, inspection and refurbishment works, and should help reduce odour in this part of the treatment process.

We continue to plan for the replacement of our inlet covers.

Learn more about how we manage odour at our plant here (under the Phase One tab of our website).

We encourage you to call us on 1300 363 200 to report odour. The more we receive these reports, the more we can build a picture of the areas of our plant that need the most urgent attention.

Our next update will be on Wednesday 2 October 2024.