Aquatec Maxcon is excited to announce that Kingaroy Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) completed the raw sewage cutover on the 16^th May 2016 from the old treatment plant pipeline. This is a vital step to bringing the plant on-line to service the Kingaroy region.

Aquatec Maxcon were engaged by Rockhampton Regional Council to upgrade the Glenmore Water Treatment Plant, Glenmore QLD. The original plant, built just after 1970, had problems with its existing pumping system being under capacity. Our solution for this was a complete upgrade of pumps and electrical power systems LV and HV, which would enable the High Lift Pump Station to meet the pumping requirements foreseen for the next 20 years. 

Aquatec Maxcon commenced operations in mid-2013, and has since completed the full electrical and mechanical upgrade of the Glenmore Water Treatment Plant. The operation of the plant has been optimised to the highest level to prevent the power consumption levels peaking, with our upgrades and clever design gaining the council a saving of 30% on power in comparison to the old billing.

As the plant was still in operation whilst the works were in progress, a 100M/L per day to the region had to be maintained closely with the council to ensure everything continued to run smoothly.

Due for completion in March 2016, the plant features:

• Four new pumps powered by ABB 755kW motors
• New instruments for feedback to help monitor the new system
• Transformers upgraded to 3500KVA with twin supply feeders
• Back feed 1250KVA generator with a step up transformer- in case of electrical supply outage during cyclone season
• New switch room to house all new electrical equipment – raised above the Q200 flood level which had previously had great difficulties on this site
• New HV and LV switch gear
• New PLC 

This upgrade has given the plant an increased pumping capacity, allowing a supply of at least 140 ML and reduced power consumption to meet the current and future needs of the surrounding community.

Yarra Valley Water, one of Australia’s largest water authorities, contracted Aquatec Maxcon to investigate and design a waste 
to energy solution as to provide a more sustainable sewage treatment plant to the area. Aquatec Maxcon was able to provide 
a unique  business  model  to  the  council,  which  produces  renewable  energy  from  a  variety  of  different  waste sources.

The unique design solution is to be used by powering the existing Aurora  sewage  treatment  plant  and recycled water facility, with
excess  energy  exported  to  the  grid.  The  facility  is  planned  
to provide  more  sustainable  energy  from  the  existing  sewage
treatment plants and remove waste that would otherwise end up in landfill.

Aquatec Maxcon plans to fully operate the facility once the plant has finalised the construction and commissioning phases.As the technology provide on the Aurora project, Aquatec Maxcon has planned to construct the waste to energy facility which on average will be processing 100m³ of waste every day, equating to approximately 5-7 truckloads of organic waste daily. The sewage treatment plant will use biomass derived from a number of sources, which may include fats, oil & grease, fruit & vegetable wastes and wastes from animal processing facilities (such as the sludge from waste treatment plants at abattoirs). The biomass is to be stored in separate liquid holding tanks or in a solids receivable building area to allow for a consistent mix to be fed to the digesters. 

  The plant will feed the biomass mixture     into the digesters, where the absence of     oxygen causes the waste to break down.   As this waste breaks down it generates     methane, which is the main component     of natural gas. The biogas can be used       directly for producing heat or combined       power and heat (CHP). The process is       incredibly energy efficient, as out of 100 per cent of the energy content put into the plant only 12 per cent is required to run the plant and only 10 per cent is lost from teh CHP process. This leaves an excess of 78 per cent of the energy to be sold in the form of power and heat, or excess electricity to the grid.

Aquatec Maxcon also plans to construct a state of the art odour treatment to ensure that odour is effectively and efficiently managed. The facility is managed through an EPA Works Approval process to ensure that the environment is protected. 

Aquatec Maxcon was engaged by Mondelēz Australia, one of the largest food processing companies in Australia, to upgrade their Trade Waste Treatment Plant in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The new plant is designed to neutralize and control the temperature of the effluent to the South East Water sewer line in order to meet the environmental compliance limits.

Aquatec Maxcon provided a unique design solution by using two 45,000L tanks, with the functions of the two tanks varying dependant on the load volumes. The system also utilizes a unique control solution to neutralize the various batch discharges from the Factory.

The process maintains a constant neutral pH level, regulates the temperature and manages the discharge rate, as to minimize dilution and storage during periods of low production at the Factory.

The main design elements of the industrial waste plant include buffering tanks, mixers, heat exchanger and cooling tower, recirculation pumps and a dedicated chemical dosing system. The chemical neutralization system uses phosphoric acid, hydrochloric acid and caustic dosing. A specialized chemical is used for Ammonia reduction and odour removal of the waste prior to sewer discharge.

If you would like to know more about the solutions we offer for Industrial plants, go to http://www.aquatecmaxcon.com.au/solutions/industrial-food-a-beverage or Contact Us.