About Us
Planning
Main Pump Station site - River Pumps
- 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