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Table 43: Amount of treated wastewater discharged to Gulf St Vincent from 2002/03 - 2009/10 at Glenelg & Christies Beach
Glenelg WWTP
Parameter
unit
02/03
03/04
04/05
05/06
06/07
07/08
08/09
09/10
Wastewater treated
ML/a
19452
20070
20306
18997
16840
16276
15917
16359
Wastewater discharged
to sea
ML/a
18072
17911
18613
18551
15980
15416
14882
14760
Wastewater reused
%
7%
11%
8%
6%
9%
10%
10%
13%
Total nitrogen discharge
to sea
t/a
381
339
335
255
274
235
204
196
Total
Phosphorous
discharge to sea
t/a
146
143
141
131
118
112
102
95
Suspended
solids
discharge to sea
t/a
197
158
165
142
143
177
151
151
Soluble
biochemical
oxygen
demand
discharge to sea
t/a
79
38
41
26
31
32
31
27
Christies Beach WWTP
Parameter
unit
02/03
03/04
04/05
05/06
06/07
07/08
08/09
09/10
Wastewater treated
ML/a
10478
10362
10535
10451
9616
8959
9084
9330
Wastewater discharged
to sea
ML/a
8178
7960
8090
8913
6428
5440
5077
5996
Wastewater reused
%
22%
23%
23%
17%
37%
42%
49%
38%
Total nitrogen discharge
to sea
t/a
237
199
189
177
140
118
113
137
Total
Phosphorous
discharge to sea
t/a
63
69
69
71
51
46
41
48
Suspended
solids
discharge to sea
t/a
77
70
66
82
66
47
51
52
Soluble
biochemical
oxygen
demand
discharge to sea
t/a
22
20
23
29
19
14
13
15
