'Aquarevo' is Australia's most sustainable housing estate

An artist's impression from today's Age
illustrating the new sustainable
 housing estate in Melbourne's south-east.

A new housing estate in Melbourne's south-east aims to be among the most sustainable in Australia with built-in water recycling and solar systems in all homes.

The Aquarevo estate in Lyndhurst is being jointly developed by privately owned Villawood Properties and state utility South East Water to include unique water recycling features estimated to save up to 70 per cent of drinking water.

South East Water project delivery manager Terry Dalgleish said the 460-home estate, which would be built on a decommissioned purification plant, was a first for the agency in terms of co-operation with a private sector developer and the widespread adoption of innovative water-saving technology.

Read Simon Johanson’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “Innovative Aquarevo sustainable estate targets major water savings.”