Thiess Pty Ltd
Victorian Desalination Plant
In order to augment Victoria’s water supply during periods of drought, the government announced the Our Water, Our Future plan in June 2007. The Wonthaggi seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant was intended as a long-term solution to secure Melbourne’s water supply.
This project consisted of a 4m diameter, 1.2km intake tunnel and a 4m diameter, 1.5km outfall tunnel.
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Victorian Desalination Plant
View ProjectTarget supply rate of 72 segments per day
Delivered 1142km to Wonthaggi, Victoria.
Manufactured in SCI’s in-house designed-and-built computerised automated segmental tunnel-lining facility, fine tuned to a 4.5-minute cycle consisting of testing, pouring, finishing, mould prep, mould removal, element preparation, and stacking.
Technical Summary
- 10842 precast tunnel lining segments
- 4m internal radius
