Water and Waste Water

Sewerage Pumping Station, Pressure Main and Receiving Gravity Sewer

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Sewerage Pumping Station SP1197, Pressure Main and Receiving Gravity Sewer

Mechanical, Civil and Structural Detailed Design

EPES were engaged by Zinfra as Sydney Waters D&C contractor for the design and construction of SP1197 sewerage pumping station, pressure main and receiving gravity sewer at Emerald Hills in the South West Growth Centre, Leppington NSW.

Design package included:

​1. 71L/s Sewage pumping station consisting of two sets of submersible pumps, precast wet well, valve chamber, inlet maintenance hole, outdoor electrical kiosk, bypass pumping arrangement, emergency storage tank, chemical dosing unit and associated works

2. Pressure main consisting of 1,130m of DN315 HDPE pipe including scours, jetting points and associated works

Project Information

Location: South West Growth Centre, Leppington, New South Wales, Australia
Client: Zinfra c/o Sydney Water
Engagement: Detailed Design Consultant
Sectors: Industrial, Water and Waste Water
Services: Construction and Design Consulting, Digital Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Piping Engineering, Water and Waste Water
Year: 2015-2017

3. Receiving gravity sewer consisting of 1,770m of DN355 HDPE pipe draining to the receiving maintenance hole

The scope of the works included all mechanical, civil and structural design elements including development of various approval documentation including Design Management Plans, Safety in Design, CHAIR, FMECA and various design reviews with Sydney Water management and operations teams.

Design deliverables were prepared following tendered Concept Design through 30% and 80% Detailed Design, Workshop Coordination and Works-as-Constructed (as Approved by Sydney Water). Site inspections during construction.

The Problem

Several challenges were identified during the design delivery effort, such as:

We were also tasked with ensuring that the information we produced was coherent, organised and in a suitable format to be integrated into AFMOnline.

Analysis and Implementation

Ongoing and regular communication with stakeholders enabled issues to be raised as early as possible, with an agreed path to resolution. Identifying key concerns and risks in the design enabled the design to take a pragmatic approach with buy-in.

Outcome

The project has been operational since 2017 with no technical issues identified.

Using experienced technical staff and ensuring that communication channels are always open presents an opportunity to deliver a challenging project with final acceptance. Long term reliable operation follows diligent design.

Kenya Water Treatment Plant – Brine Discharge Pipeline

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Kenya Water Treatment Plant – Brine Discharge Pipeline

Engineering Design

The Kenya Water Treatment Plant is located outside of Chinchilla in Queensland and treats by-product water from coal seam gas operations. Following the reverse osmosis (RO) process, reject is further concentrated in brine concentrators.

High temperature brine is discharged from the brine concentrators and is transferred via a pipeline to a storage pond. Various performance issues were related to the original design due to the elevated temperatures and corrosivity of the fluid.

EPES were engaged to design a replacement brine discharge pipeline to address the performance issues being experienced with the line. The objective of the design process was to ensure performance of the pipeline during discharge of elevated temperature brine discharge to the storage pond without impacting operation of the water treatment plant. Our scope included:

Project Information

Location: 35km from Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia
Client: Laing O’Rourke
Engagement: Design Consultant
Sectors: Industrial, Oil and Gas, Water and Waste Water
Services: Construction and Design Consulting, Digital Engineering, Independent Reviews and Audits, Piping Engineering, Specialist Analysis, Water and Waste Water
Year: 2016

The Problem

Several technical challenges exist with high temperature fluids in pipelines, particularly fluids with high chloride concentrations such as brine discharge. Non-metallic materials are typically unsuitable and metallic materials need to be carefully considered with respect to corrosion and durability of materials.

Pipeline leakage or rupture is not acceptable recognising the environmental risks.

Analysis and Implementation

Pipelines subject to elevated temperatures are designed in accordance with pressure piping standards to account for thermal expansion (temperature difference between non-operating and operating cases) as well as other static and dynamic load cases.

Once design loads cases are defined, the pipeline is subject to pipe stress analysis to ascertain both compliance of the pipeline allowable stresses, and primary support loadings to be used in the structural design of the secondary support system.  

Typical design considerations including liaison with stakeholders, safety in design, risk assessment and constructability reviews were incorporated into the design process. 

Outcome

The outcome for the project was a pipeline suitable for the intended duty offering users a robust and reliable transfer pipeline for delivery of concentrated brine to the storage pond. With careful consideration of the design requirements, durability issues, performance requirements and constructability, the pipeline offered a low impact construction with a superior outcome for the project.

Taking the time to properly understand the technical and construction constraints ensures that the project can be delivered within the stakeholder expectations in a reliable, practical and robust way.

8LWR Seismic Analysis, Water Treatment Facility, New Zealand

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8LWR Seismic Analysis, Water Treatment Facility, Waikari, New Zealand

Mechanical Structural Analysis

EPES were engaged by Pall Australia to perform an earthquake loading analysis of the 8LWR structure designed by Pall for support of water treatment equipment in the Waikari region of New Zealand.

Analysis was performed in accordance with NZS 1170.5 Earthquake Actions New Zealand and AS/NZS 4100 Steel Structures. The water treatment facility is required to remain operational following an earthquake with a design life of 80 years.

EPES were to determine of the structure would satisfy the standards requirements for seismic loading in this region.

Project Information

Location: Waikari, New Zealand
Client: Pall Australia
Engagement: Specialist Finite Element Analysis
Sectors: Industrial, Water and Waste Water
Services: Construction and Design Consulting, Digital Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Piping Engineering, Specialist Analysis, Water and Waste Water
Year: 2019

The Problem

The region has high seismic activity and high design loadings were calculated due to the stringent requirements of NZS 1170.5 and the requirement for the water treatment facility to remain in operation shortly after a design seismic event. 

Analysis and Implementation

EPES utilised AS/NZS 1170.0 and AS1170.1 to determine design loadings for the proposed VR structure and MF module rack assembly. Design analysis was undertaken following NZS 1170.5 and application of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) using SolidWorks.   

Analysis determined that for the MF Rack Assembly, higher than acceptable deflections were evident in the analysis and that in order to satisfy the design criteria, additional bracing was recommended.  The VR frame was within acceptable limits.

Outcome

We identified deficiencies in the designed structure and methods required to rectify in order to achieve compliance with the local New Zealand earthquake design requirements. This was validated using Finite Element Analysis (FEA).

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