Water recycling company Aquacell has received chief executive approval from the Queensland Department of Infrastructure and Planning to build and operate greywater recycling plants for commercial and government projects in Queensland.

According to Aquacell’s CEO, Colin Fisher, the company is one of the first to receive approval for greywater recycling plants with a capacity to treat over 10 kilolitres per day under a Queensland Government scheme which was originally introduced 18 months ago.

"We are really pleased to get the nod of approval from the Queensland Government and applaud them for introducing this accreditation scheme. It means that our greywater recycling plants are pre-approved for commercial projects throughout the state," Fisher says.

The Queensland Development Code also now mandatorily requires all commercial buildings in Queensland to include an alternative source of water that isn’t reticulated from town supplies, such as greywater recycling or rain water harvesting.

Aquacell has already completed its first project under the scheme in a new retirement community near Rockhampton.

The company was able to install the project with testing approval from the Queensland Government and have since received the full chief executive approval.

The project is one of the first commercial-sized greywater plants that is operational in Queensland and has been made possible under the new legislation.