Southern Seawater Desalination Project
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.