Winery Wastewater Management & Recycling

Background

Recognising that winery wastewater management and recycling are important issues in the grape and wine industry, GWRDC has commissioned research and communications projects to develop, synthesise and share knowledge about better wastewater management, water reuse and recycling.

There is information available on winery wastewater treatment, recycling the treated water in vineyards, using other sources of recycled water and other forms of discharge.

 

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A key message is that activities in the winery, wastewater treatment plant and vineyard are all interlinked. What happens in one will affect the others. Cost-effective operations require an integrated approach involving:

  • Wineries - cleaner production to improve profit and reduce treatment requirements
  • Wastewater treatment plants - 'fit for purpose' treatment to contain costs and optimise recycling
  • Vineyards - recycling treated water as a secure irrigation supply and to reduce environmental risks.

 

Communication products

A range of information products are available from the communications project.

 

Brochures

  • Information products - a summary of the project and the information products available,
    B1_Product list B1_Product%20list (373 kb)

  • Key principles for wineries - additional overview information for in the winery,
    B2_Winery B2_Winery (413 kb)

  • Key principles for vineyards - additional overview information for in the vineyard.
    B3_Irrigation B3_Irrigation (462 kb)

 

Reports

  • Business Fundamentals - a booklet highlighting the business issues associated with winery wastewater management and the key principles to govern its management in the winery, treatment plant and vineyard.
    Business Fundamentals Business%20Fundamentals (911 kb)

  • Operational Guidelines - a technical reference explaining key principles and providing directions to other sources of information and expertise.
    Operational Guidelines Operational%20Guidelines (3051 kb)

 

Resources

  • Resources Kit - an easy to navigate electronic library of reports, fact sheets, case studies and spreadsheet calculators. The Kit may be accessed live from this page or downloaded as a ZIP file to be saved onto a computer for immediate use when internet access is not available.
    Access the Online Resouce Kit
  • Overview PowerPoint Presentation - a summary of the key principles to winery wastewater management and recycling (as presented in Business Fundamentals), available here as a PDF
    WWW Overview WWW%20Overview (358 kb)

  • Technical PowerPoint Presentation - a summary of the important themes presented in the Operational Guidelines, including some graphics and tables, available here as a PDF.
    WWW Technical WWW%20Technical (915 kb)

 

Current versions of the two presentations are available from GWRDC as PowerPoint files by emailing: gwrdc@gwrdc.com.au

 

More information

For hard copies of any of the communications products or any queries about related seminars and training workshops, contact GWRDC: gwrdc@gwrdc.com.au

 

The Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) has developed a training package based on the Operational Guidelines. For more detail and information about training options, contact AWRI at: rtp@awri.com.au