Project Complete – Installation of Drinking Water – WSAGA Package 1C
Quickway, working with the West Region Delivery Team, has recently completed the installation of critical drinking water mains for the Western Sydney Aerotropolis Growth Area in the City of Penrith LGA. This essential work will help to meet the growing demand for drinking water in Western Sydney.
Over two kilometres of water main were installed, comprising:
- Salisbury Avenue watermain: a 500 metre DN315 pipeline, located in the eastern road verge
- Clifton Avenue watermain: a 1400 metre DN400 pipeline, located in the western road verge
- Clifton Avenue to Mamre Road watermain: a 400 metre DN315 pipeline, located within an existing Sydney Water easement under Kemps Creek and in the road verge of Clifton Avenue and Mamre Road.
Our works included traffic management, installing environmental and safety measures, excavating trenches, including stockpiling of spoil material on the upslope, shoring and dewatering trenches, installing pipelines, pipe welding, backfilling the trench with bedding material and excavated soil, compacting trench fill material, installing ancillary structures including stop valves and pits, restoring areas disturbed by the construction works, pressure/leakage testing on the pipelines, disinfection of pipelines, testing and commissioning for all modes of operation.
