Southern Seawater Desalination Project

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Construction Schedule

Every month the latest construction schedule will be available here in an effort to provide residents with the most up-to-date information.

Where practical or in extraordinary circumstances, other communication channels may be employed including the newsletter, CRG, local publications, newspaper advertising and letter-box drops.

Over the coming months you can expect the following construction activities:

  • Continued marine excavation of the retrieval pit for the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM)
  • Launch of the Tunnel Boring Machine
  • Undergound tunnelling of the seawater intake pipe
  • Transportation of the Seawater Intake Towers to site
  • Finalisation of a chamber being used to launch the second TBM for the diffuser (outlet) pipe
  • Structural steel being erected for the Reverse Osmosis and Microfiltration (MF) buildings
  • Pipe laying between the Seawater Pump Station and the MF building
  • Lime Clarifier arrival onsite.