Posts Tagged ‘SA’
Port August Bypass, South Australia
The local water authority in South Australia had some major works with one of their pumping stations which required the system to be off-line for approximately 2 weeks. Being a critical station in the sewer network, NPE were engaged by their contractor to undertake temporary sewer bypass works which entailed diverting the raw sewerage around…
Read MoreWellpoint Dewatering System for our client in Goolwa, SA
NPE installed a Wellpoint Dewatering System for our client in Goolwa.Our client was laying sewer for new development when they discovered groundwater 1m to 1.8m below ground level. NPE installed a 50m system to a depth of 6m to ensure groundwater was lowered beneath their 3.6m invert. This system worked flawlessly and was operational for…
Read MoreDigester Clean Wastewater Treatment Plant, Boliver SA
The process of emptying and cleaning the digester involved using specialised pumping equipment provided by NPE. This was suspended from a 60-ton crane for efficient operation and flexibility of movement. The pump used for this task was a heavy-duty hydraulic unit specifically adapted by NPE to handle these projects. To remove the contents of the…
Read MoreWellpoint Dewatering – SA
Wellpoint Dewatering System for a stormwater upgrade Old Port Road Adelaide, South Australia. Old Port Road is a major arterial road connecting Adelaide and Port Adelaide. Old Port Road was one of the first roads established in the new colony of South Australia. NPE has installed a 60m Wellpoint Dewatering System to lower groundwater below…
Read MoreEmptying and Cleaning the Digester – Boliver SA
Digester emptying and cleaning works were carried out utilising NPE’s purpose-built pumping/mixing equipment suspended from a 60t crane. The pump is a heavy-duty, hydraulically powered unit specifically modified by NPE for these applications. The digester contents were pumped out via an NPE installed discharge line, which was connected to an adjacently installed existing pipeline that…
Read MoreOld Murray Bridge Refurbishment – SA
Due to the recent Murray River flooding, NPE was tasked with supplying a pump set up to move 800,000,000 litres behind a levee bank as soon as possible so that the client could continue with their main works for the Old Murray Bridge Refurbishment Project. NPE quickly mobilised the pump and 700m of hose to…
Read MoreRe-lining of 39 Wastewater Pumping Chambers throughout SA
Due to aging infrastructure, the client was engaged to commence the re-lining of 39 Wastewater Pumping Chambers throughout South Australia. To enable the pumping chambers to be accessed for re-lining works, NPE was approached by the client to undertake Bypass Pumping of these stations. The bypass sites were split into three main areas based on…
Read MorePipelines & Construction – Ceduna SA
The Jacinth-Ambrosia mine site is located approximately 300km northwest of Ceduna, South Australia.An existing Mining Unit Plant is to be relocated from Jacinth North to the Ambrosia deposit, approximately 5km away, whilst returning the ModCoD tailing deposition to Jacinth North. The Project is being managed and resourced from WA with logistic and administration support from…
Read MoreMurray River Flooding – SA
Due to the recent Murray River flooding, NPE were engaged by the client to provide a proposal for contingency Bypass Pumping for the MBO1 Pumping Station which draws water directly from the Murray River and via processing and several booster pump stations eventually feeds water to the southern suburbs of Adelaide. Once the proposal was…
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