Benger Transfer Pump Station

Benger Transfer Pump Station

Design and Construction of a 26ML/day transfer pump station as part of the Harvey Water Irrigation Scheme

Design and Construction of a water transfer pump station for Harvey Water.

Harvey Water supplies annually, an average of 70GL of water for irrigation throughout the Harvey district via a network comprising over 430km of pipelines and open channels.

The project at Benger Transfer Pump Station was a Design and Construction of a 26ML/day transfer pump station as part of the Harvey Water Irrigation Scheme Design and Constructi involved the design and constructon of a pump station to pump water from the existing irrigation channel fed from Wellington Dam, along an 18km pipeline, built by Harvey Water, to the Harvey Dam.

The pump station has a design capacity of 300L/s with 3 pumps operating. The pumps draw water from a dedicated suction dam via floating offtakes. The pump station is integrated into Harvey Water’s network SCADA system.

The design, fabrication, civil and mechanical installation consisted of:

• Detail design of pipework, structural and concrete works
• Fabrication of the galvanised steel pipework
• Supply and installation of the pumpsets, valves and instrumentation
• Concrete and civil works associated with the pump station
• Design, construction and installation of the electrical cubicles
• Site mechanical and electrical installation
• Commissioning and testing.

The suction dam for the pump station was constructed by Harvey Water, and once complete, the construction of the pump station was commenced.

Detail design was carried out in-house, allowing fabrication and site works to be carried out in parallel with some elements of the design process.

Electrical switchboards were designed and constructed to Water Corporation standards to ensure long term reliability.

The pump station was commissioned during July 2009, as is now a critical asset in Harvey Water’s operations.