In February 1997, the NSW Government announced the Priority Sewerage Program (PSP), which nominated 16 villages with high environmental sensitivity for improved sewerage services. In 2002, Sydney Water established an alliance to deliver the remaining sewerage schemes under this first stage of the PSP, the Upper Blue Mountains Sewerage Scheme and now three schemes within stage two.

The PSP is a key component of the NSW Government’s Waterways Package, a $3 billion package designed to address wastewater and stormwater problems by 2021. Improved sewage management services are designed to achieve significant environmental, social and health improvements in areas previously unsewered.

Works being delivered include new advanced sewage treatment plants, upgrades to existing sewage treatment plants, numerous sewage pumping stations, sewerage transfer and reticulation pipelines, and property works.

Manidis Roberts manages and implements all the environmental and community roles on this challenging and exciting program with people at all levels, from team leaders to site officers.