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ENERGY in June 2015 . The award recognised a A $ 17 million investment in the plant , which uses a membrane bio-reactor to treat effluent to a very high standard before sending it to a newly created irrigated rainforest and wetlands area in the district . While he is very content to win awards of this sort – and with more than 30 in its pocket , he admits that looks like an addiction – what really makes him proud is the knowledge that while back in 2010 most of the STPs were non-compliant with their licence obligations , they are all fully compliant today . “ Maybe the biggest achievement on the STP front though was that we turned one off ! By reconfiguring three plants , we were able to close one of them completely .” That project won Unitywater the

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The number of awards won by Unitywater for its projects

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