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Optimising the Bonny Hills Wastewater Treatment Plant to cater for population growth Built in the mid 1980s, the Bonny Hills Wastewater Treatment Plant (formerly known as Bonny Hills Sewerage Treatment Plant) services the Bonny Hills and Lake Cathie catchments. It was originally designed as a 9,000 Equivalent Person (EP) activated sludge pasveer sewerage treatment plant […]

Pump station plans begin for Tea Gardens’ sewer network Midcoast Council in NSW is set to begin concept planning for a project to revamp Tea Gardens’ sewer network, which will include a new transfer pump station. The project includes a proposal to construct a rising main from Tea Gardens to the Hawks Nest Sewage Treatment

$1.5 million renewal of Edmonton West water pump station Cairns Regional Council will undertake a $1.5 million renewal of the Edmonton West water pump station as part of ten projects to be completed in the next three years, with funding provided from the State Government’s Works for Queensland (W4Q) program. A report tabled at Council

Raw water pump upgrade strengthens Echuca’s water supply In November 2020, Coliban Water completed a $220,000 upgrade on two water pumps that supply the Echuca Water Treatment Plant (WTP). The upgrade included the refurbishment of the pumps and motors, and the installation of an automated vacuum priming system, enabling the pumps to move 300 litres

Only four weeks to go to Austmine 2021 | Full conference program now available There’s only four weeks to go until the Austmine 2021 Conference and Exhibition kicks off in Perth. More than 100 exhibiting companies will showcase the latest technologies, hear from over 40 innovation change-makers and visionaries, attend in-depth workshops on automation and

Electric submersible pump installed at Ungani Buru Energy has successfully installed an electric submersible pump (ESP) in the Ungani 5 well in the Kimberly region of Western Australia.  The installation was to replace the current beam pump and was carried out to enable the fluid production from the well to be increased which, as prognosed,

Increasing transfer capacity to secure water for the northern section of the SEQ water grid Seqwater is undertaking an $11 million waterworks package to deliver up to 50 per cent more drinking water and boost water security for the suburbs north of Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast. The package is being delivered through a range

$300M VIC irrigation modernisation project complete The Victorian Government has completed its Connections Project, the largest irrigation modernisation project in Australian history, which will see $300 million worth of water delivered to Goulburn Murray irrigators. The State Government project has modernised channels and pipelines to improve water efficiency, recovering 429GL of long-term average annual water

Feedback sought on Central Coast Integrated Water Resource Plan Central Coast Council is seeking community consultation on its Central Coast Integrated Water Resource Plan, which is currently in development. Council’s Director Water and Sewer, Jamie Loader, said that due to the ongoing expansion and population growth of the Central Coast, the demand for water is

The future of booster set technology “When we started to think about Esybox Max, we asked ourselves how to manage the evolution of the Esybox range. It was clear from the very beginning, it could not just be something bigger. We felt we had to bring forward the path of evolution, completely changing the rules