Waste Site Reports
We regularly monitor environmental conditions at our Waste Depot at Kembla Grange, and the old Helensburgh Waste Depot which no longer accepts waste.
These reports help us to meet our legal requirements under the Protection of the Environment Legislation Amendment Act 2011.
If you’re looking for older reports not shown below, see our Access to Information page for details about how to request this information.
You can also visit the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) website to view public registers of environment protection measures and regulatory actions.
Whytes Gully Waste Depot
Our waste depot at Reddalls Road, Kembla Grange, operates under the following licence and approvals:
- Environmental Protection Licence 5862 PDF, 12050.63 KB
- Project Approval Section 75J of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 PDF, 11977.29 KB
- Sydney Water consent to discharge industrial trade wastewater PDF, 11102.27 KB
We also have a Pollution Incident Response Management Plan PDF, 1792.3 KB for Whytes Gully Waste Depot.
See the map below for details of our monitoring locations for this site.
Groundwater at Whytes Gully was monitored quarterly in February, May, August and November. An annual groundwater report was also made in August each year.
| Type | Name | File Size |
|---|---|---|
| PDF File | Whytes-Gully-Quarterly-Groundwater-May-2013.pdf | 1.0 MB |
| PDF File | Whytes-Gully-Quarterly-Groundwater-February-2013.pdf | 592.8 KB |
| PDF File | Whytes-Gully-Annual-Groundwater-August-2012.pdf | 645.7 KB |
| PDF File | Whytes-Gully-Quarterly-Groundwater-November-2012.pdf | 603.1 KB |
| PDF File | Whytes-Gully-Quarterly-Groundwater-August-2012.pdf | 601.9 KB |
| PDF File | Whytes-Gully-Quarterly-Groundwater-May-2012.pdf | 592.3 KB |
In 2013, a new licence was issued and groundwater monitoring was included in the Stage 3 bores and surface water monitoring reports, which you can find below.
This monitoring is done quarterly in February, May, August and November, and annually in August.
This monitoring is conducted annually in February, and after any overflow event caused by rain.
This monitoring is conducted monthly.
This monitoring is conducted monthly.
| Type | Name | File Size |
|---|---|---|
| PDF File | Whytes-Gully-Noise-Monitoring-March-2019-to-September-2020.pdf | 332.3 KB |
Feedback about our Waste Depot
To make a complaint or provide feedback about environmental issues at our Waste Depot at Kembla Grange, please call (02) 4227 7111.
This number can also be used for urgent issues after-hours. Choose option 1 to be put through to our after-hours service.
For non-urgent feedback, you can also visit our Compliments, Complaints and Feedback page.
Former Helensburgh Waste Depot
This site at Nixons Place, Helensburgh, closed in 2012 and no longer accepts waste. We are working to rehabilitate this site.
Helensburgh Waste Depot is covered by Environmental Protection Licence 5861.
We also have a Pollution Incident Response Management Plan for Helensburgh Waste Depot.
See the map below for details of our monitoring locations for this site.
| Type | Name | File Size |
|---|---|---|
| PDF File | Consent-to-Discharge-Industrial-Trade-Waste-Water-Helensburgh-2019.pdf | 5.3 MB |
| PDF File | Helensburgh-Pollution-Incident-Response-Management-Plan-2024.pdf | 114.1 KB |
This monitoring is conducted quarterly in February, May, August and November, and annually in August.
This monitoring is conducted quarterly in February, May, August and November, and after any overflow event caused by rain.
This monitoring is conducted annually in August.
| Type | Name | File Size |
|---|---|---|
| PDF File | Helensburgh-Air-Monitoring-Annual-August-2020.pdf | 196.8 KB |
| PDF File | Helensburg-Air-Monitoring-August-2019.pdf | 333.5 KB |
| PDF File | Helensburgh-Air-Monitoring-August-2018.pdf | 199.8 KB |
| PDF File | Helensburgh-Air-Monitoring-August-2016.pdf | 12.1 KB |
| PDF File | Helensburgh-Air-Monitoring-August-2017.pdf | 10.1 KB |
| PDF File | Helensburgh-Air-Monitoring-August-2015.pdf | 12.1 KB |
| PDF File | Helensburgh-Air-Monitoring-August-2013.pdf | 256.4 KB |
| PDF File | Helensburgh-Air-Monitoring-August-2014.pdf | 10.4 KB |
| PDF File | Helensburgh-Air-Monitoring-August-2012.pdf | 11.4 KB |
This monitoring is conducted quarterly, and annually in August.
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