Aquatec Maxcon were engaged to design and construct the Re-Waste Facility No.1 linked to the Aurora sewage treatment plant (STP) in 2014. Our unique design solution diverts 33,000t of commercial food waste from landfill each year. This generates enough biogas to power the existing Aurora STP and recycled water facility with surplus energy (approx. 78%) […]
Aquatec Maxcon are honoured to have Kingaroy Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) featured by the Netherlands Post on a set of six limited edition stamps that celebrates the relationship between the two countries and was released prior to the recent royal visit from the King and Queen of the Netherlands to Australia. The series of stamps shows […]
South Burnett Regional Council (SBRC) was awarded an Excellence Award for Kingaroy Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) at the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA) State Awards Evening on the 9th November. The category for this Excellence Award was for public works water projects over $10 million. Nominated by SBRC, Australia's first Nereda® Plant utilises […]
The International Water Association (IWA) World Water Congress and Exhibition 2016 was held last month at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, with over 4700 participants from 108 countries attending. This year, the focus was on ‘Shaping Our Water Future’. Aquatec Maxcon exhibited a number of products and technologies including: Nereda® Aerobic Granular Sludge […]
Aquatec Maxcon is excited to announce that Chinchilla Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) completed the performance testing and is exceeded expectations in its 6months operation in meeting effluent quality and operating cost. Chinchilla WWTP has a capacity of 10,000EP and is the third plant built by Aquatec Maxcon for the Western Downs Regional Council. It utilises […]
Royal HaskoningDHV have been engaged by Irish Water to provide expertise on sustainable wastewater reduction treatment technology, Nereda®, to the Ringsend Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade Project. Originally designed to treat wastewater for a capacity of 1.64 million PE (population equivalent), the Ringsend Wastewater Treatment Plant is currently operating over capacity at 1.9 million PE. The […]
Gordonbrook Water Treatment Plant Upgrade project, design and constructed by Aquatec Maxcon is now treating drinking water for township of Kingaroy to the highest standard. New water treatment process is treating challenging raw water to high quality drinking water. This project was funded by Queensland State Government and now fully operated by South Burnett Regional […]
Aquatec Maxcon is excited to announce that Kingaroy Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) completed the raw sewage cutover on the 16th May 2016 from the old treatment plant pipeline. This is a vital step to bringing the plant on-line to service the Kingaroy region. Kingaroy WWTP is the first commercial treatment plant in Australia to utilise […]
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 […]
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 […]
