Pentair has delivered 19km of ductile iron pipes, valves and fittings for the construction of Coliban Water's $40 million Harcourt Rural Modernisation Project in Victoria.
Pentair's 500 mm TYTONXCEL PN35 ductile iron pipe will be used to construct the backbone of the new modernised rural pipeline system. “For Coliban Water’s Harcourt project, Pentair manufactured a custom DN500, PN35 High Pressure valve to incorporate a DN150 integral bypass valve at our Currumbin Foundry in Queensland," explained Damian Mackey, Pentair Vice President Water Solutions.
"This provides a smaller installation footprint to reduce construction costs, and will reduce the risk of injury to operators and structural damage to pipeline components for the operational life of the pipeline."
Pentair is also providing logistics support and industry training for pipe installation. This training is critical to ensuring the installed system quality of the pipeline meets the design requirements for quality, performance and longevity.
According to Victorian Minister for Water, Peter Walsh, Harcourt’s concrete and earthen channel system had serviced rural customers for more than 100 years but had become inefficient.
“The Harcourt Rural Modernisation Project will provide a year-round pressurised supply of water to irrigators in the region. By providing irrigators with greater water security, there will be improved business certainty. This will underpin the sustainability of agriculture in the area," he said.
In the picture: Pentair’s 500 mm TYTONXCEL PN35 ductile iron pipe