Gisborne District Council project manager Peter McConnell
Four sparkling new stainless steel milliscreen units and their
however individual covers, weighing a total of 10 tonnes, arrived on two truck and trailer units on Wednesday, having been loaded in Dunedin on Monday.
Dunedin's Farra Stainless Ltd was awarded the $1.26 million contract to provide the milliscreens and screening handling equipment. Farra designed and built the milliscreens in Dunedin, and the special Kuhn screenings presses were imported from Germany.
The units were craned into position within the pre-treatment building, the roof of which is yet to be installed. They were lined up with four large pipes that will in time convey untreated domestic and industrial wastewater to them. Two units are specifically for domestic wastewater, the other two for industrial. The milliscreening units currently used at Stanley Road are 20 years old and have been due for replacement for some time.
Gisborne District Council project manager Peter McConnell said only one domestic and one industrial milliscreening unit would operate at a time, with the other unit always on standby. "The units will be operated by a pre-determined programme with each screen operating alternatively, week about. This will enable both to be
however well-maintained and kept in good working order."
