Housing and construction industry associations have raised serious concerns that without action, building will stall and developers could abandon projects due to the inability to connect to water and sewerage. 

Almost 1400 houses across five development sites in Angle Vale are yet to be built and without this investment, the current water and sewer networks would not be able to cope with the significant increase in demand. 

Currently, new residents in 500 completed houses at these Angle Vale developments require their sewerage to be removed from dedicated chambers by vacuum trucks almost daily, before it’s transported to the Bolivar Wastewater Treatment Plant. 

The South Australian Government will direct SA Water to allocate $59 million to deliver water and sewer infrastructure to Angle Vale, which will also help unlock further growth throughout the area by enabling continued augmentation of SA Water’s networks. 

This investment will deliver new trunk water and sewer mains, along with the upgrade of an existing sewer pump station to increase its capacity. 

This investment is included in SA Water’s 2024-2028 regulatory determination, which is currently before ESCOSA, which is due to issue its final determination next month. 

SA Water has already initiated detailed design work and early procurement of pipes, with sewer upgrades expected to be completed by mid-2025, and water upgrades by mid-2026. 

This initial investment is a small portion of the significant money required to address urgent needs in Adelaide’s growing outer suburbs. 

The South Australian Government will reveal details of the extensive investment and master-planning for future water and sewer infrastructure at a special Housing Roadmap event on Tuesday, June 25. 

The Housing Roadmap will reveal the government’s plan to increase land supply, expedite the planning process, tackle infrastructure challenges currently limiting development and bolster skills in the construction and planning sectors with the single focus - getting more South Australians into their own home. 

The infrastructure masterplan is being developed following meetings between the government and the state leaders of industry bodies including the UDIA, Property Council of Australia (PCA), Civil Contractors Federation (CCF), Master Builders Australia (MBA) and Housing Industry Association (HIA). 

The Government’s Housing Infrastructure Planning and Development Unit (HIPDU) coordinated a recent workshop to ensure government agencies are working together to sequence construction works and create greater efficiencies to speed up the building process in greenfield sites. 

For drone vision of development sites in Angle Vale click here.