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GAWB undertakes a wide range of projects every year as part of maintaining and developing our assets and water network infrastructure. Below is a summary of some of our construction projects and maintenance works. For more information about specific projects, check out our media releases on this website.
Works to integrate the Fitzroy to Gladstone Pipeline (FGP) into the GAWB network have significantly progressed.
The 117-kilometre pipeline will run from the Lower Fitzroy River in Rockhampton and connect to Gladstone Area Water Board’s existing water network at Yarwun, in Gladstone.
To find out more about the FGP, visit: Fitzroy to Gladstone Pipeline – Gladstone Area Water Board.
As part of the FGP integration works, we are upgrading key sections of our raw water pipeline network in Toolooa, South Gladstone and Yarwun.
The project team has been busy working across four key sites since the beginning of this year, installing valves at two of our Yarwun sites to reduce the pressure of raw water flowing from the FGP into our raw water network.
At our Toolooa Reservoir, the team has installed new flowmeters, isolation valves, pressure reducing valves and a new bypass system. Civil activities are well underway as part of ongoing works to improve reliability, operability and maintainability of the existing raw water network.
These upgrades will ensure the seamless operational interaction between the new FGP and the existing GAWB network. Watch the integration project’s construction in time-lapse to find out how it’s done.
GAWB is conducting re-lining works at two locations: a road crossing underneath Glen Eden Drive, Glen Eden, and the Moura railway line crossing, near Phillips Street in South Gladstone. Originally installed in 1965, this raw water pipeline section is part of the main water supply line carrying Awoonga Dam water from the dam’s pump station to the Fitzsimmons Street Reservoir in South Gladstone.
The project will reline the internal walls of more than 120 of ageing, underground mortar-lined 700mm pipeline with a new, interior sleeve, at Moura rail crossing, and another 90 metres at Glen Eden Drive.
The refurbishment will extend the life of the pipeline by an additional 50 years, by improving its overall structural integrity of the raw water conduit, while decreasing the risk of infrastructure failure and supply disruption to the Fitzsimmons Street Reservoir.
Works started in late December 2024, with a laydown area established on the GAWB easement, next to Toolooa State High School.
After more than 80 years in operation, our Wurdong Heights treated water pipeline has undergone end-of-life renewal.
Construction is nearing completion on the Golegumma Pipeline Replacement project.
More than three kilometres of the ageing 16.7km pipeline has been replaced between Hughes and Clayton roads, Wurdong Heights, as part of a rolling program of end-of-life renewal works.
The original DN300 cast-iron cement-mortar lined (CICL) pipeline was installed in 1942 to transport raw water from the Boyne River to Gladstone for treatment.
Later, in the late 20th century, the pipeline was repurposed to carry treated potable water from Toolooa Junction to Golegumma Reservoir, supplying customers near Awoonga Dam.
Watch the construction site in time-lapse to find out how it’s done.
The Dawson Highway pipeline replacement project will replace a section of treated water pipeline that runs underneath Dawson Highway in West Gladstone.
The pipeline is a vital part of our treated water network, connecting residential and commercial customers throughout Gladstone.
Works are scheduled to begin in mid-September and will be completed by the end of 2025.
These upgrades will ensure the seamless operational interaction between the new FGP and the existing GAWB network.
The pipeline replacement will improve water security and reliability for the refinery.
These upgrades will ensure the seamless operational interaction between the new FGP and the existing GAWB network.
Watch the integration project’s construction in time-lapse to find out how it’s done.
The Awoonga Dam Solar Installation is located beside the Aquaculture Gladstone fish hatchery as a ground-mounted 1.3 MW solar PV system with a supporting battery energy storage system (BESS).
The project is an initiative of our broader Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan – which outlines our commitment to achieving a 30 per cent reduction in our operational greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
The Dawson Highway pipeline replacement project will replace a section of treated water pipeline that runs underneath Dawson Highway in West Gladstone.
The pipeline is a vital part of our treated water network, connecting residential and commercial customers throughout Gladstone.
Works are scheduled to begin in mid-September and will be completed by the end of 2025.
These upgrades will ensure the seamless operational interaction between the new FGP and the existing GAWB network.
Our water treatment plants have recently undergone safety upgrades to critical electrical and pumping infrastructure, with brand new switchboards and backwash pumps installed at the South Gladstone and Yarwun facilities.
Upgrading our electrical and mechanical assets across our water treatment network ensures we remain able to deliver safe, reliable treated drinking water to our customers.
After reaching their useful end-of-life after more than 30 years of service, the works were necessary to ensure the plants’ continued operation long into the future. Importantly, there was no disruption to treated water supply to our customers during the works.
Boyne Island Reservoir Rooftop Replacement project
The Boyne Island Reservoir (BIR) has undergone extensive refurbishment and repair works to extend the life of a vital, potable water asset.
Constructed in 1980, the eight-megalitre reservoir has supplied treated water to the Boyne Island and Tannum Sands residential and industrial water network for 45 years. Find out more here.
As part of our five-year recreational strategy to improve and enhance community amenities throughout the Lake Awoonga recreational area, we have completed the following improvements to date:
Future projects and initiatives include:
Find out more about Lake Awoonga here.
The Awoonga Dam Improvement Project will deliver upgrades to the dam which will improve the dam’s performance in the event of extreme weather events.
The upgrades will include anchoring and concrete works in the primary spillway, as well as other works to increase the dam’s ability to handle larger and more extreme flood events.
With the likelihood of more extreme weather events to occur in the future, the project ensures the dam is maintained in line with current best-management practices, while meeting GAWB’s commitment to delivering safe and reliable water supply for the Gladstone region. It also ensures the ongoing compliance with the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 and the Dam Safety Conditions Schedule (DSCS) for Awoonga Dam.
This project is still in the planning and investigation phase to determine the optimum solution. It is expected the full scope of work will take a number of years to complete.
During 2024, GAWB’s technical teams will be onsite to undertake investigations to inform the development of a concept design, ahead of construction. The team will also be considering early design studies and testing scenarios through physical hydraulic modelling.
