Water storage
July 31st, 2006
Atlantis systems
Agent in Melbourne is Wayne Alexander from Southern Geosynthetics ph. 97197969
Reference site is a similar sized project 80,000 litres at Hampton Primary School
http://www.geosynthetics.com.au/news6-1.pdf
Photos of the project as follows:
Estimated cost of tank installation
Estimate storage required is 90,000 litres
Supply of cells, fabric and plastic $200.00 per 1,000 litres (ex GST)
Estimated labour for assembly of cells 18 hours
Plumber @ $46.00 ph + GST
Excavator @ $90.00 ph + GST
| Supply cells fabric and plastic | 18,000 |
| Freight | 300 |
| GST | 1,800 |
| Excavation and filling | 660 |
| Filling sand etc | 350 |
| Pump | 600 |
| Filtration | 550 |
| Pipes and fittings | 500 |
| Plumbers labour 20 hours | 1,100 |
| Assembly labour 18 hours | 360 |
| Total | $24,220 |
Challenges to resolve
- Design of overflow in event of flood
- Tank location requires a hole deper than 1.5m. This raises the problem of insurance for workers and volunteers. Plumbers cover does not apply to holes deeper than 1.5m.
October 17th, 2006 at 9:02 pm
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April 3rd, 2007 at 5:23 pm
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