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- 50 Years Experience in the Water Industry
- An Award Winning Australian Local Company
- Vertically Integrated Project Management & installation Across Mechanical & Electrical
- Environmentally Sustainable Solutions
- We are Contractors, Equipment Suppliers and Technology Specialists
- We offer Project Management, Design, Construction, Fabrication and Installation Services
- We offer Process Optimisation, Operational Support, Spare Parts and Service Support
- We have Third Party Accreditation for Quality, Safety and Environment
- We have Australian Federal Government Building and Construction WHS Accreditation
50 Years
21 Sep 2020
50 Years - 50 Stories: Yatala Brewery Upgrade
The brewery at Yatala, (located strategically between Brisbane and the Gold Coast, originally known as the Power Brewing Company) was built in 1988 by entrepreneur Bernie Power to compete mainly against the Brisbane based brewery Castlemaine Perkins, who produced the... Read more
08 Sep 2020
50 Years - 50 Stories: Maroochy Excel Water Alliance - The First of the Alliances
In the early 2000s, Aquatec Maxcon experienced significant growth due to our becoming part of several Alliances. The first of these Alliances was with Maroochy Water (better known as Unitywater now). The value of the Maroochy ExcelWater Alliance was not... Read more
24 Aug 2020
50 Years - 50 Stories: Luggage Point - The Early Days
Job 552 – A Baptism of Fire – Luggage Point The following is a story submitted by Warren Liebke, Technical Writer, who has been with the Company for over 40 years! Warren began his career as an apprentice boilermaker with... Read more
12 Aug 2020
50 Years - 50 Stories: Luggage Point - The beginning.
The following is a story about Aquatec Maxcon's first Luggage Point project experienced first-hand by Greg Johnston, ex-Managing Director of Aquatec Maxcon Group. At the time, Greg was a young engineer just starting his career at Aquatec Maxcon.. He was... Read more
03 Aug 2020
50 Years - 50 Stories: Marian Water Treatment Plant - The second best-tasting water in the World!
You can be certain that you’ve done a great job when your water sample is voted the second best tasting water - in the world! In 2014, Mackay Regional Council engaged Aquatec Maxcon Pty Ltd to design & construct a new... Read more
21 Jul 2020
50 Years - 50 Stories: The Chocolate Factory (and the Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket!)
"During the commissioning, Cadbury let me use the lab on Sundays for testing; chocolates everywhere one looked which was quite a distraction (they had no issues with me thieving some). As I was regarded as a local, I could purchase... Read more
17 Jul 2020
50 Years - 50 Stories: Nereda® at Kingaroy WWTP - An award-winning first for Australia
In 2014, South Burnett Regional Council engaged Aquatec Maxcon Pty Ltd to design & construct the upgrade of the Kingaroy Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP). The award-winning Kingaroy plant was the first to use Nereda wastewater treatment technology aerobic biomass... Read more
13 Jul 2020
50 Years - 50 Stories: Picnic Bay Membrane Bioreactor STP - A first for Picnic Bay (and Australia!)
Greg M Johnston (in Ipswich, Queensland) on phone to Geoff Parker (in Sydney, New South Wales) sometime in the year 2001: Greg M Johnston – “g’day Parker, Greg here” Geoff Parker – “g’day Greg” Greg M Johnston – “Parker, we’ve won an MBR... Read more
08 Jul 2020
50 Years - 50 Stories: Carlton United Brewery - Samoa Wastewater Treatment Plant - A First for Samoa…
When Aquatec Maxcon built the Samoa Brewery Waste Water Treatment Plant in 2005, it was the first waste water treatment plant ever constructed in the Pacific Island nation. Aquatec Maxcon was contracted by Carlton & United Breweries (who owned Samoa Brewery... Read more
Latest News
03 May 2022
Ozwater 2022
#Ozwater22 is less than a week away! This year, the exhibition will be held from the 10th to the 12th May at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre. #Ozwater22 is Australia’s most important international annual water conference & exhibition and is a... Read more
15 Feb 2022
Longford Sewage Treatment Plant Official Opening
The Longford Sewage Treatment Plant officially opened its doors on the 8th of February 2022. The ceremonial ribbon was cut by Northern Midlands mayor Mary Knowles, Aquatec Maxcon Managing Director Peter Ferrando and TasWater Chief Executive Mike Brewster. The $33... Read more
06 Oct 2021
Supply of Containerised UV Package
During September 2020, Burdekin Shire Council was overseeing the design and construct of a 5ML reservoir at their Home Hill Water Treatment Plant, bringing the process train in line with best practice. Council was seeking an experienced company to undertake... Read more
28 Sep 2021
Nomination for AWA Infrastructure Project Innovation Awards
Aquatec Maxcon and Charters Towers Regional Council's "Collaborative Design Approach and Use of Innovative Process Technology to Upgrade the FEJ Butcher Water Treatment Plant" was shortlisted as a finalist in the 2021 Australian Water Association (AWA) Queensland Water Awards for... Read more
11 Aug 2021
Successfully Refurbished Digester at the Prince of Wales Bay STP
Aquatec Maxcon congratulates TasWater on the successful recommissioning of the refurbished Primary Digester at the Prince of Wales Bay Sewage Treatment Plant located in Tasmania. We are very proud to have been a part of this successful project which included... Read more
22 Jul 2021
Aquatec Maxcon Provides Aid to India during Covid-19 Crisis
From 2013-2014, Aquatec Maxcon Asia, the Thailand manufacturing arm of the Aquatec Maxcon Group Limited, constructed 86 cryogenic iso transport containers for the shipment of industrial gases for its sister company, Cryeng Group Pty Ltd. The iso containers have a... Read more
14 Jul 2021
New Lamella Clarifiers: Douglas WTP Upgrade
Aquatec Maxcon is proud to be part of the delivery team for the Douglas Water Treatment Plant upgrade awarded by Townsville City Council. This is a $27.5 million expansion project involving the construction of two new lamella clarifiers, providing a... Read more
31 May 2021
Kingaroy's Nereda® WWTP has been operating for over 5 years!
Aquatec Maxcon are proud to announce that the Kingaroy Waste Water Treatment Plant has been operating successfully for over 5 years! In mid-2014, South Burnett Regional Council (SBRC) engaged Aquatec Maxcon to undertake the design and construct upgrade of the Kingaroy... Read more
15 Feb 2021
Aquatec Maxcon Asia: 440,000 Litre Cryogenic Tank
The latest progress update from our Thailand branch - A 440,000 litre cryogenic tank under construction in Thailand for a LNG plant located in the USA. A stainless steel inner vessel will be inserted in the mild steel outer vessel and... Read more
