Milestone for Water Security Project

Milestone for water security project

The Lower Hunter is inching closer to better water security, with a construction milestone at Belmont’s Desalination Plant. Its intake pipeline has been installed, thanks to machinery, named after a sporting icon.

Belmont desalination plant reaches major milestone

Belmont Desalination Plant achieves a critical 830-metre intake tunnel milestone with complex TBM retrieval. Discover what this means for Hunter water security.

Belmont Desalination Plant reaches major offshore construction milestone – 16 News

The Minns Labor Government is continuing to deliver on its commitment to ensure a more reliable source of drinking water for the Lower Hunter, with a major construction milestonereached at the Belmont Desalination Plant. Hunter Water has successfully completed the project’s 830 metre seawater intake tunnel, with the tunnel boring machine (TBM) breaking through to the offshore intake location and being safely recovered from the ocean. Rhiannan, t…