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Port Lincoln
Outfall

Port Lincoln ocean outfall accommodates one wastewater treatment plant (Port Lincoln) and serve the City of Port Lincoln. Approximately 4 ML/day of treated effluent is discharged from the polishing lagoons enters coastal marine waters a 434 metres long outfall pipe to Proper Bay. It is equipped with a diffuser located in a water depth of about 6 metres. Some treated wastewater undergoes tertiary treatment through a Council owned filtration plant operated by SA Water and is reused for irrigation of playing fields by the Port Lincoln City Council.

Managed by South Australian Water Corporation

LicenceEPA1538
Scale4 ML/day
Population serviced~16,300
Treatment levelSecondary
TypeOcean
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