Wastewater Collection Systems

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Up to 70 percent of the total value of wastewater infrastructure can be invested in the collection systems.

GHD has the knowledge base and systems to tackle any wastewater transportation problem — for new systems or the upgrading of existing assets.

Having designed more than 1000 sewage pump stations and over 6000km of sewers, our specialists challenge conventional approaches to establish new cost-effective benchmarks.

Our services cover integrated urban water management, strategic planning, network modelling, gravity and vacuum sewerage schemes, pump stations, special structures, overflow reduction, infiltration and inflow, sulphide control and minimisation, and rehabilitation.

For further information, contact:

Russell Reichstein
Tel: 61 3 8687 8000
Email: Russell Reichstein

91st Ave Treatment Plant

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The 91st Avenue WWTP Chlorination Improvements project involved the replacement of a 120-ton bulk chlorine system with a system consisting of 32 one-ton chlorine cylinders.  The plant has a treatment capacity exceeding 180 mgd. The existing chlorination equipment and piping was replaced while the plant was in full and normal operating condition. The plant’s treated effluent is used at the Tres Rios Wetlands and as cooling water for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station.

The project also involved the development and coordination of the Maintenance of Plant Operation (MOPO) procedures. The chlorination of the plant effluent had to be maintained at all times during construction. The project also included building structural, electrical, and HVAC modifications. The equipment installed included the following:

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Dubai JAFZA Water Utility

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GHD is playing a leading role in Dubai’s current and future water requirements.

Our team in the Middle East has completed preliminary engineering work on the Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZA) Utility project to provide water infrastructure to an area of 8500ha that includes the JAFZA Free Trade Zone, Technopark and downtown Jebel Ali. These precincts comprise both greenfield and existing development with industrial, commercial and residential land uses.

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Homestead Lane Sewer Improvements

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The City of Phoenix provides water and sewer service to portions of Paradise Valley. One segment of the City’s Paradise Valley sewer appeared to have a negative slope and was an ongoing maintenance issue for the City.

The Water Services Department asked GHD to design a new sewer main to bypass the poor­ly performing segment. GHD’s scope of work included survey, utility coordination, design, specifications, cost estimating, 404 permitting, and public information services.

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Mission Beach Goes Online

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The community of Mission Beach, between Townsville and Cairns, now has a modern sewerage system after Cardwell Shire Council engaged GHD to project manage the installation of a complete sewage reticulation network and treatment plant upgrade.

The scheme involves over 32km of reticulation and collection system, 11 pump stations and 45km of rising mains, and is located in sandy, high groundwater conditions in developed residential precincts.

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Quintero 150,000-GPD Wastewater Treatment Facility

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GHD designed this 150,000 gallon per day treatment plant using a sequencing batch reactor (SBR)-activated sludge process, which included nitrification-denitrification to achieve a class A+ finished effluent.

Elements of design included influent flow metering, a fully enclosed duplex pump station, fine screens, first and second stage aeration for nitrification and denitrification, clarification, and aerobic digestion.  Sludge handling was accomplished through centrifuge dewatering.  Odor and noise abatement was incorporated through the total enclosure of headworks screens, aeration and clarification elements, sludge processing, air blowers, and electrical system inside a building.  The design included a bulk liquid sodium hypochlorite disinfection system for the final stage of treatment.  Finished effluent is used to irrigate golf turf.

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Replacement of Trade Waste Rising Main for SPC Ardmona

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GHD was commissioned to design and engineer a trade waste rising main replacement for the SPC Ardmona fruit processing plant in Victoria.

This pipe was to be replaced due to the degradation of the existing pipeline, excessive ground movement and pipeline failures. Goulburn Valley Water Authority will take over ownership of the main from SPC-Ardmona on successful replacement of the entire pipeline from the factory to the outfall tower.

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Rouse Hill Recycled Water Plan

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Sydney Water in partnership with Sydney Water Corporation, John Holland, Thompson Controls, and GHD delivered the $60 million Rouse Hill Recycled Water Plant – stage two amplification project. This is the Southern Hemisphere’s largest residential water recycling scheme.

Initiated in September 2006, the project doubled the capacity of the existing waste water treatment plant to 27 million litres a day and increased the recycled water capacity to 4.7 billion litres a year (this will supply 36,000 homes in the local community at project completion).

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Toowoomba Regional Sewerage

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Following the amalgamation of eight local government boundaries, GHD was commissioned to develop a high-level strategy for the Toowoomba Regional Council for the planning of wastewater treatment plants and effluent reuse.

The study included a review of previous planning studies completed by the former local authorities, a population review and a look at loadings. A brief assessment of the status of the area’s existing sewage treatment plants was undertaken to determine their capacity and if they should remain as a stand-alone system or be integrated with other systems.

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Washington Suburban Asset Management (Md, USA)

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The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) appointed GHD to lead the provision of asset management services in support of master planning and enterprise resource planning initiatives.

WSSC is the eighth largest water and wastewater utility in the USA, owning USD$12 billion of infrastructure assets. While instituting a range of short-term measures to combat the increasing incidence of water main breaks and leaks, WSSC is also taking a long-range strategic approach to address the growing challenge of ageing infrastructure.

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Russell Reichstein

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Russell is an experienced civil engineer who has skills in the project management of water, recycled water, sewer and treatment plant infrastructure, asset management, water supply modeling and land development servicing requirements. Russell has worked both locally and interstate on a wide range of engineering projects. Russell also has extensive experience in the identification and analysis of water recycling opportunities within urban and rural environments.

Position: Service Line Leader, Wastewater Systems 
Tel: 61 3 8687 8296

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Rhodes (Rip) Copithorn

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Rip has over 37 years experience in wastewater engineering. He has a master’s degree in environmental engineering from Johns Hopkins University and is a member of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. His experience includes the application of suspended growth, fixed film and hybrid treatment processes for nutrient removal. He was one of the principal authors of a WERF study entitled "Investigation of Hybrid Systems for Enhanced Nutrient Control" (May 2000) and a contributing author to the Water Environment Federation (WEF) manual on the operation and maintenance of BNR facilities (MOP 30). He is currently working with the WEF on a new manual on Biofilm Reactors. Rip was instrumental in building the Stearns & Wheler business in the Chesapeake Bay area, and is a leader in the wastewater treatment field in the USA.

Position: Business Group Manager, Wastewater USA
Tel: 1 301 805 5629

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Mike Elliott

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Mike has over 36 years of experience in waterworks engineering including studies, planning, design, construction and operations assistance for water supply treatment, residuals, storage and transmission facilities. He is a Registered Professional Engineer and a Board Certified Environmental Engineer with the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. He is an active member of the American Water Works Association and is a recipient of the George Warren Fuller Award for his contributions to that association. He has authored over 30 publications and presentations in the waterworks field, including AWWA Manuals of Practice. Mike is keen to expand our water business in the USA, broaden our service offering in the North East and contribute to the development of our practice in the West and South West.

Position: Business Group Manager, Water, Eastern USA
Tel: 1 315 655 8161

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Steve Carne

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Steve has over 25 years’ experience in the water sector in Australia and New Zealand. Steve was previously our Service Line Leader for Sewer Systems. Over the past five years he has played a pivotal role in positioning GHD into one of the leading water businesses in New Zealand delivering some of the biggest projects in that country. Steve is a true team player who is passionate about delivering great outcomes for our clients and is looking forward to further growing our water business in New Zealand.

Tel: 64 9 261 1487

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