Tasmania Irrigation
Project: Tasmania Irrigation – Southern Highlands Irrigation Scheme (SHIS)
The SHIS is centered around the township of Bothwell in the State’s southern highlands region, with a total irrigatable area of 8,000ha. The region is an important cropping and livestock finishing region and also one of the most drought prone areas of Tasmania. This historic lack of a reliable water supply has prevented the region from reaching its full potential with water for irrigation purposes being historically limited, impacting on growth in the region.
Australian Poly Solutions butt fusion welded approximately 10km of 710mm pipe, 6km of 630mm pipe and many hundreds of metres of various pipes ranging from 200mm to 315mm.
Australian Poly Solution also enacted a program to collect & recycle the HDPE swarf created by its butt fusion welding works for this project. 40 bulk bags, each weighing up to 30kg were collected, estimated to be in excess of 1000kg of plastics waste saved from going into Tasmania’s landfill. Instead used to produce other environmentally friendly products.