Komastu Utility Excavators Play Key Role
Construction of the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline Project, which is a major investment in regional water infrastructure.
When complete, the new system will replace 17,500km of open, earthen channels with a piped water distribution system of about 8800km, reticulating water to about two million hectares and 36 towns throughout the Wimmera Mallee.
• a reliable, higher quality water supply to farms and towns across the region, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• water for rural, urban and commercial growth and development
• the return of 83,000 megalitres (ML) of water savings returned to government for a range of uses, including environmental water releases to rivers and streams
• up to 4000ML of water for 11 nominated recreational lakes and other local water bodies in the region with high conservation value.
The current Wimmera Mallee stock and domestic open channel system, including losses from farm dams and town storages, wastes enough water each year to fill the Melbourne Cricket Ground 49 times.
This yearly waste also equates to the amount of water needed to fill 103,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Tim Page,the Komatsu PC30MR-2 excavators had been specifically purchased for the Wimmera Mallee project, which the company started work.
“They are ideal for this project because of their size, weight and power, so they’re pretty versatile,”
“On this project, we are looking after the installation of water meters for the on-farm works and we are doing the second stage of our contract which will probably run”.
In addition to the five PC30MR-2s that Mintern has recently taken delivery of, it also owns a Komatsu PC200-7, along with graders, backhoes loder and tip trucks.
As well as its current works on the Wimmera Mallee project, Mintern Civil carries out a wide range of work throughout the region, including road construction and maintenance, car parks, drainage works, on-farm works, and so on, with clients including local councils, VicRoads, water authorities and private organisations.
“We’ve found the Komatsu excavators to be good, reliable machines,”"And the support through Roger Bates, our Komatsu equipment local representative, has been very good.”
