Project Brief

Site requirement to increase water flow rates to water carts and fill 785 carts in less than 10 minutes, requiring a minimum fill rate of 300 litres per second (lps).

Requirements

• Increase throughput from the current small pump hardware filling header tanks at only 20 lps
• Review current electrical infrastructure to cater for the required upgrade
• Budget A$750,000, to include transformer, pump, standpipe, piping and installation
• Additional, secondary project and budget to upgrade civil items

Deliverables

• New standpipe sized and installed, catering for future larger sized trucks
• Electrical infrastructure upgraded, including transformer and associated infrastructure
• New electric pump supplied and fitted, providing 350 litres per second

Business Outcomes

• 785 water trucks successfully filled in nine minutes
• Uprated, high volume water fill-point implemented for use within summer months
• Project delivered safely, on budget and and on time