Lower Burdekin Water Board cut their power consumption by 58,000kWh and demand by 105kVA resulting in annual cost savings of $20,000 or 25%, with carbon reductions of 53.4 t CO2-e per annum, at the Kilrie Gully pump station.
Lower Burdekin Water Board cut their power consumption by 58,000kWh and demand by 105kVA resulting in annual cost savings of $20,000 or 25%, with carbon reductions of 53.4 t CO2-e per annum, at the Kilrie Gully pump station.
Lower Burdekin Water (LBW) is responsible for moving water from the Burdekin River to replenish the subterranean water supply in the Burdekin Delta. The Burdekin Delta is considered the largest replenished coastal aquifer in Australia. LBW is required to manage the groundwater system in an environmentally and economically sustainable way to support the local farming industry, mainly based on sugar cane, which depends on this resource for irrigation, domestic, stock, industrial and urban purposes.
David Sartori from LBW said “We significantly lowered annual electricity costs with the installation of the variable speed drive pumps at Kilrie Gully and we are now investigating how we can roll this out to our other 16 pumping stations. Water allocations and budget feasibility will be factored into the program of work”.