Bundamba Advanced Water Treatment Plant (AWTP)

The Bundamba Advanced Water Treatment Plant (AWTP) is a component of the Western Corridor Recycled Water (WCRW) Project which will enable water from Brisbane and Ipswich’s treatment plants to be recycled for end users. Construction is split into two stages 1A and 1B, with the complete project scheduled for completion in 2008.

Located near Ipswich, the plant is aimed at alleviating pressure on South East Queensland’s existing dams and waterways by providing an alternate water supply for end users in the region, initially Swanbank power station. The plant will provide better than Class A+ recycled water and is unique in Australia due to the application of combined technologies involving micro-filtration membranes, reverse osmosis membranes and advanced oxidation using UV irradiation and peroxide.

Power Electric Switchboards was awarded the contract to design and manufacture the 18-pulse Variable Speed Drive Cabinets for Siemens for 4 x 400kW VSD’s and 4 x 560kW VSD’s for the Reverse Osmosis Pumps at the advanced water treatment plant.

Each of the VSD cabinets was designed with a control section and three separate rectifier tiers with common DC bus connection to a single motor inverter tier.