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Gunbar Priavte Water Supply Board
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About Us

Planning
  • Planning began in 2006 and involved significant stakeholder consultation
  • The main pipeline and pump station contract was awarded to Comdain Infrastructure in November 2016
  • The first sof was turned at the Main Pump Station in December 2017
  • Commissioning and handover to Gunbar Priavte Water Supply Board in Decmber 2018

Main Pump Station site - River Pumps
  • Four 9.2 kilowatt multistage 150mm submersible pumps
  • Eight sand filters for water quality control
  • Four evaporation and filtration ponds for capturing backwash water from the filters
  • Two 500 KL storage tanks


Main Pump Station site pumps
  • Four 22kW vertical multistage pumps
  • Total flow is 58.22L per second at 91.5 meter head
  • Maximum water pumped in one day is 5ML

Pipelaying
  • 274 KM of PVC and HDPE (poly) pipe
  • PVC pipeline sizes range from 150mm to 300mm diameter
  • HDPE pipeline sizes range from 90mm to 125mm diameter

Booster Pump Station
  • Two 45kW centrfugal pumps (1 duty / 1 standby)
  • Capacity of each pump is 49L per second at 53.5meter head
  • 30kW solar array provide a significant power saving


Outlets
  • 58 outlet arrangements installed
  • Each outlet has been designed to provide a min. of 20 meters of pressure downstream of the outlet
  • 13 stock watering points for Local Land Services along the travelling stock reserves
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