St Francis Xavier College Water Harvesting Project

Contek was engaged by St Francis Xavier College to construct a wetland and water harvesting project. The project involved diverting water out of the underground drainage system into a sediment basin and then into a wetland. Frome here it was pumped via the use of a solar powered pump up to tanks within the schools sports fields where it was then used for irrigating the fields.

Main Scope:

• Detailed earthworks to achieve wetland design
• Diversion drainage
• Sediment basin and spillway rock work
• Storage lake
• GCL liner installation
• Pump system installation
•Aquatic and terrestrial plant supply and installation

Client: St Francis Xavier College
Contract value: $350,000
Completion: 2016