WearSense is a real time wear monitoring system used to monitor the remaining thickness of plate liners in chutes. Thickness data is collected from multiple sensors installed in a chute (the asset) and sent through a cloud database where it is filtered and can be displayed in various formats on a web-based app. In addition […]

The Water Corporation has a large number of historical artefacts ranging in size from hand tools to large pump sets and motors which are currently stored in a building at a metropolitan reservoir site. This site is earmarked for disposal and as such the collection will have to be moved The collection is only partially […]

It is a condition of the Water Corporation’s state-wide clearing permits that areas of temporary clearing are to be revegetated. Often for smaller or linear sites we propose that this is done via means of natural revegetation – that is, re-spreading topsoil and then mulching and re-spreading cleared vegetation. It would be good to determine […]

Main Roads is seeking to develop an approach to proactively identify areas to investigate speed zones for review.  By applying the type and function of the road network across the state in combination with other data it is expected to be able to produce a recommended “target speed” range for any given road section. This will […]

This project aims to complete an inventory review of chemicals that are utilised by the Water Corporation in its regular business and identify or create novel processes that can produce the chemicals from either: Water Corporation’s waste streams and by-products, or Western Australian Industry waste streams. The identified processes will be new to the marketplace, […]

North West Region has had instances where the Dual Check Valves (DCVs) have disintegrated and blocked the customers plumbing. The reason has been attributed to high chlorine levels combined with high ambient temperatures. The solution has been to change the material of the DCV, and no failures have been recorded to date. Manufacturers of customer […]

The Energy Institute (EI) Guideline for the Avoidance of Fatigue Failure in Process Pipework has been referred to routinely by engineers during the design of pipework. The guideline is the only practical standard available and recognized by the industry. However, it is also recognized that the guideline is due for revision and could be overly […]

Synergy is the state’s largest electricity generator and retailer of gas and electricity with more than one million residential, business and industry customers.  We provide 52% of the electricity sold to households and business customers in the South West Interconnected System (SWIS) and about 55% of the contestable gas load in the industrial and commercial […]