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January 2011 - Plant Progress

The offshore support vessel delivers a marine riser to the jack-up barge
The legs of the jack-up barge are three metres thick and 73.15 meters long. Located off Williamsons Beach on the Bass Coast, the barge is elevated 15m above seal level
Workers are transported to the jack-up barge by helicopter
A man basket is used to lift people safely from the support vessels that attend the barge
The concrete marine structures are protected by a guide pan (pictured) while drilling for the marine riser takes place
Dual media pressure filters in position. The pipes in the channel in between transfer filtered water to the reverse osmosis building and backwash to the DMPF Backwash tank.
All 72 Dual Media Pressure Filters have been delivered to site
The first of 51 reverse osmosis blocks in position. The racks are being manufactured by Alfasi from Dandenong.
One of the glass reinforced plastic pipes that will carry filtered water from the DMPFs to the reverse osmosis building.
Workers roll out Hydrocell, which will serve to retain water for the green roof.
Insulating the reverse osmosis roof.
Workers prepare for planting of the green roof.
The seawater lift pump station will pump seawater from the underground tunnels to the desalination plant at ground level. The station is being built in two levels, each 10m high.
Construction of the inlet tunnel is complete
Pipes that will feed water from the remineralisation process to the treated water storage ponds.
Quality checks are routinely carried out on every piece of work completed on site.

January 2011 - Plant Progress

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