A pipe renewal project beneath one of Melbourne’s busiest roads has won an award for its successful delivery under demanding conditions, which included maintaining 24 hour water service to buildings, not disrupting high volumes of traffic or tram services, minimising risk to other major underground services, and engaging with numerous high-profile stakeholders. South East Water and Interflow have won the […]
Projects
Multi-million dollar upgrade of Tasmania’s sewerage plants
Lauren Cella Asset management, Maintenance, News, Projects, Pumps, Water and Wastewater Treatment 0TasWater has completed a multi-million dollar upgrade of several sewage treatment plants across southern Tasmania, which have included updating the inlet works that receive sewage from homes and business connected to TasWater’s network. The upgrade program began in 2012 by Southern Water and the plants that have been upgraded include: Turiff Lodge in New Norfolk Geeveston and Dover in the […]
Underground power project in Pilbara
Lauren Cella Civil Construction, Electricity, News, Powerlines, Projects 0Work has begun in the last suburb in Karratha in regional Western Australia to move the overhead electrical network underground, as part of the Pilbara Underground Power Project. Minister for Regional Development, Terry Redman, said an extra 1159 lots had been undergrounded in the light industrial area, Bulgarra West and Pegs Creek, as well as the CBD and the remaining […]
Funding boost for sewer projects in Mid North Coast
Lauren Cella Asset management, Civil Construction, Maintenance, News, Projects, Pumps, Water, Water and Wastewater Treatment 0The New South Wales Government is giving the state’s Mid North Coast a $35 million funding boost to address the backlog of sewage and water projects across the region. Almost $6 million dollars has been allocated to construct sewerage and wastewater treatment works at Telegraph Point, Long Flat and Comboyne. Member for Oxley Melinda Pavey and Member for Port Macquarie […]
New technology to help sewer corrosion
Lauren Cella Asset management, Corrosion, Features, Maintenance, News, Pipelines, Projects, Water, Water and Wastewater Treatment 0The University of Queensland (UQ) has developed a technology to help control corrosion in sewers, as well as manage sewer odour. Researchers from the UQ Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC) developed the technology which uses free nitrous acid to remove biofilms that coat to the inner surfaces of sewer mains. Lead researcher and AWMC Director, Professor Zhiguo Yuan, said the […]
Pioneering piping system for a world-class stadium
Lauren Cella Civil Construction, Pipelines, Projects, Sponsored Editorial, Water 0Sustainable and efficient, Viega’s high-grade piping system always keeps Ireland’s world-class Aviva Stadium at the right temperature, no matter how cold it is outside or how heated the game is on the pitch. “Football is a gentleman’s game played by ruffians; rugby is a ruffian’s game played by gentlemen” – at least that’s what rugby fans say. The “ruffians” and […]
Seqwater is upgrading South East Queensland’s Somerset Dam to improve safety and mitigate flood risk prior to the next wet season. The upgrade is part of the Seqwater’s Dam Improvement Program and will involve constructing a parapet or wave wall on the dam’s breezeway to increase its flood mitigation capacity and safety. It will involve filling in the bays (gaps) […]
nbn will install a new technology, Fibre-to-the-Distribution-Point (FTTdp), also known as Fibre-to-the-curb, in up to 700,000 premises across Australia. nbn said FTTdp would be considered for deployment to select premises that had previously been ear-marked for either Fibre-to-the-Node (FTTN) or Hybrid-Fibre Coaxial (HFC) in areas served solely by the Optus HFC network. nbn Chief Network Engineering Officer, Peter Ryan, said, […]
WA town to source half its power from renewables
Lauren Cella Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Sustainability 0The Western Australian Government are developing Australia’s largest distributed energy resource microgrid, which aims to supply more than 50 per cent of electricity in Onslow, in the Pilbara region, using renewable energy. Western Australian Energy Minister, Mike Nahan, said the new Onslow microgrid will include a mix of distributed solar energy generation and battery storage. The project will include essential […]
Bio-energy project generating power and jobs
Lauren Cella Civil Construction, Company news, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy 0A bio-energy project is among the first group of recipients of the Victorian Government’s $20 million New Energy Jobs Fund grants, supporting new energy technologies. Waranga Green Energy will receive $1 million to fund a self-sustaining mixed agriculture bio-energy project. The project involves the construction of a bio-digester that can process up to 200 tonnes of agricultural waste per day […]
Fibre-to-the node reaches 12 month milestone
Lauren Cella Civil Construction, Company news, Features, News, Projects, Telecommunications 0nbn’s fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) service is now available to almost three quarters of a million premises, 12 months after the service was commercially launched. Almost a quarter of a million premises are also now activated on the NBN via FTTN. The figures, announced by nbn, show 745,000 FTTN premises are now ready for service with 235,00 activated. Including figures announced for […]
Nominations are now open for the 2016 Irrigation Australia (WA) Awards of Excellence where businesses, local governments and community groups in Western Australia are recognised for innovations in the irrigation industry. The awards comprise seven categories: Waterwise garden irrigator domestic installation/retrofit Commercial installation under 2000m2 Commercial installation over 2000m2 Retail store of the year Suppliers innovative product award Young achiever […]
World’s first renewable microgrid island
Lauren Cella Batteries & Storage, Civil Construction, Company news, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is providing $2.5 million in funding to a wave energy technology developer to create the world’s first renewable energy island, including wave energy generation. Carnegie Wave Energy will design and build the renewable energy microgrid on Garden Island off the coast of Perth, Western Australia, which will include solar, battery and wave integrated technology. The […]
Wind farm proposal seeks community input
Lauren Cella Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Sustainability 0Community consultation is now open on the environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed $500 million Cooper’s Gap wind farm near Kingaroy, Queensland. Queensland Minister for State Development and Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Dr Anthony Lynham, said comment had opened on the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the project. “Consultation is a very important part of the […]
The Queensland Government has given approval for Gogo Station at Fitzroy Crossing to expand its cropping project as part of the state’s Land Tenure Pathway for Irrigated Agriculture (LTPIA) project under the $40 million Water for Food program. Regional Development and Lands Minister, Terry Redman, said Gogo Station’s proposal to excise nearly 9,000ha from its existing pastoral lease could now […]
Large lime storage silo installed on Sunshine Coast
Lauren Cella Civil Construction, News, Projects, Water, Water and Wastewater Treatment 0A new storage silo holding thousands of kilograms of lime has been installed and will go online in October 2016, as part of a multi-stage upgrade to Seqwater’s Landers Shute Water Treatment Plant in South East Queensland. The new silo is part of a $7 million lime storage and dosing upgrade that will improve the plant’s capacity to cope with […]
Terrigal lagoon sewage rehabilitation
Lauren Cella Features, Maintenance, News, Pipelines, Projects, Pumps, Water and Wastewater Treatment 0Two sewage mains running underneath the Terrigal Lagoon in the Central Coast region of New South Wales will be rehabilitated as part of the Central Coast Council’s sewage pump station upgrade program to improve operations. The rehabilitation works will include placing a plastic liner insider each of the steel pipes and the removal of the temporary polyethylene pipe that was […]
Groundwater assessment for promising irrigation region
Lauren Cella Irrigation, News, Projects, Water 0An exploratory drilling program investigating groundwater availability, land capability and crop suitability has begun in the Irwin region in midland Western Australia, after the area was identified as a potential irrigated agriculture focus area. The $4.7 million Midlands groundwater and assessment project is part of the Western Australian Government’s Water for Food program to investigate water supply options in the […]
Collaboration to improve sewage spills
Lauren Cella Maintenance, News, Pipelines, Projects, Stakeholder Engagement, Stormwater, Water and Wastewater Treatment 0Bega Valley Shire Council in south east New South Wales is working with residents to improve the environmental performance of sewerage reticulation systems throughout the shire by reducing inflow and infiltration of stormwater during heavy rainfall. The success of the collaboration is dependent on a $2.5 million Council capital works investment over the coming two years, as well as the […]
The Water Corporation has constructed a $6.4 million tank in Waddouring in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia that can hold around 6.25GL of water, the equivalent of 2.5 olympic-sized swimming pools. WA Water Minister, Mia Davies, said the tank is six metres high and will benefit communities in the Wheatbelt shires of Mt Marshall and Trayning. “The new tank improves water […]
Brisbane pipeline replacement reaches milestone
Lauren Cella Civil Construction, Features, News, Pipelines, Projects, Water 0A Seqwater pipeline upgrade in north-west Brisbane has reached a construction milestone with more than 720m of new pipeline installed and ready to be connected. The $4.2 million upgrade began in July 2016 and involves the replacement of one of the oldest pipelines in the SEQ Water Grid, with two new sections of underground pipeline aiming to improve the reliability […]
Sunraysia Modernisation Project now complete
Lauren Cella Civil Construction, Irrigation, Maintenance, News, Pipelines, Projects, Pumps, Water, Water and Wastewater Treatment 0The $120 million Sunraysia Modernisation Project, the largest infrastructure upgrade in the Sunraysia region in over 100 years, is now complete, benefiting 2,000 irrigators across the Mildura, Red Cliffs and Merbein districts. Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Barnaby Joyce, said the Sunraysia Modernisation Project was already delivering benefits to local irrigators and congratulated those involved on the successful completion of […]
Proposal to increase recycled water use
Lauren Cella Demand management, Irrigation, News, Projects, Water, Water and Wastewater Treatment 0A consortium has developed a proposal for the use of recycled water from the Bolivar Wastewater Treatment Plant as part of the Northern Adelaide Irrigation Scheme (NAIS), that has the potential to create more than 5000 jobs. The recycled water would help produce crops in high-tech greenhouses which maximise production and water-use efficiency, while also minimising the requirement for water […]
nbn exceeds targets
Lauren Cella Civil Construction, Company news, Features, News, Projects, Telecommunications 0nbn’s 2015-2016 Annual Report has reported the company has exceeded all key targets for the financial year by doubling the number of premises able to connect to the NBN, as well as improving partnerships with delivery partners and retail service providers. The results were released as part of the nbn Annual Report 2015-2016 to Parliament outlining the operational and financial […]
Queensland Wappa Dam upgrade
Lauren Cella Dams, Maintenance, News, Projects, Safety and Training, Water 0Wappa Dam on the Sunshine Coast in South East Queensland will undergo an upgrade as part of Seqwater’s Dam Improvement Program, which will involve modifications to the embankment and spillway as well as the installation of new filter drains. An independent assessment of Wappa Dam found improvements were needed for the dam to meet Queensland and national dam safety […]
Irrigation infrastructure pilot program begins
Lauren Cella Demand management, Features, Irrigation, News, Projects, Stakeholder Engagement, Water 0The first pilot for the new Commonwealth On-Farm Further Irrigation Efficiency program (COFFIE) has begun in South Australia to support upgrades to irrigation infrastructure. Assistant Secretary in the Water Division of the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Amy Fox, said the COFFIE program was the first in the next generation of Australian Government programs to support improvements in irrigation […]
Effective fault management for increasing generation demand
Jessica Dickers Civil Construction, Electricity, News, Projects, Sponsored Editorial, Substations, Transformers and Switchgear 0Following three and a half years of successful experience in live operation, GridON and Wilson Transformer Company are announcing a new family of cost-effective Fault Current Limiters (FCL-DG) with smaller footprint for mid-to-high voltage applications. GridON’s established technology has been further enhanced to offer a cost-effective solution for distribution grid operators, industrial customers and independent power producers. Growing demand […]
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