{"id":165824,"date":"2016-12-10T16:26:04","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T06:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=165824"},"modified":"2020-09-30T09:52:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T23:52:32","slug":"kingaroy-plant-gets-stamp-of-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/12\/10\/kingaroy-plant-gets-stamp-of-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingaroy Plant Gets<BR> Stamp Of Approval"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_165827\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165827\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/20161210stamp1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-165827\" title=\"20161210stamp1\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/20161210stamp1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/20161210stamp1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/20161210stamp1-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-165827\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mini-sheet of stamps celebrating Dutch accomplishments in Australia &#8230; including the Kingaroy wastewater treatment plant (Photo: Postzegelblog.nl)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_165826\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165826\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/20161210stamp2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-165826\" title=\"20161210stamp2\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/20161210stamp2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-165826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The wastewater treatment plant stamp &#8230; a must for Kingaroy collectors!\u00a0(Photo: Postzegelblog.nl)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>December 10, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The award-winning Kingaroy wastewater treatment plant has been featured on a stamp in the Netherlands, the home country of the technology used by builders Aquatec Maxcon.<\/p>\n<p>The plant is the first in Australia to use the Nereda technology, which promises more efficient sewage treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The innovative Nereda technology was developed by Royal HaskoningDHV in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the Kingaroy project received an Excellence Award for projects over $10 million at the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia awards.<\/p>\n<p>An Aquatec Maxcon spokesman said the company was honoured to have the Wastewater Treatment Plant featured by the Netherlands Post.<\/p>\n<p>It is one of six items on a set of six limited edition stamps that celebrate the long-standing relationship between the Netherlands and Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The Kingaroy Wastewater Treatment Plant is in good company.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The other items highlighted are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dirk Hartog&#8217;s landing in Western Australia in 1616 and his famous pewter plate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon&#8217;s charting of northern Australia and landing on Cape York in 1606 aboard the Duyfken<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A Dutch family preparing to emigrate to Australia standing on the quay at Amsterdam before a large cargo crate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The SS Zuiderkruis sailing into Sydney Harbour carrying Dutch immigrants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Square Kilometre Array radio telescope &#8211; Australia and the Netherlands are both taking part in this international project, which will be built in Australia and South Africa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The stamps were released prior to the recent royal visit from the King and Queen of the Netherlands to Australia.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>External link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.postzegelblog.nl\/2016\/07\/17\/grenzeloos-nederland-australie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More information about the stamps<\/a> (in Dutch)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related article: <a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/11\/council-projects-win-awards\/\">Council projects win awards<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The award-winning Kingaroy wastewater treatment plant has been featured on a new Netherlands stamp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":165826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[1131],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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