Description
The Gold Coast Desalination Plant is part of the Gold Coast Waterfuture Strategy and the State’s South East Queensland Regional Drought Strategy Contingency Supply Plan. The plant uses a reverse osmosis (RO) process to convert seawater into drinking water, with a daily production capacity of 133 million liters (35 million gallons). At maximum capacity, the plant supplies >665,000 Queensland residents with drinking water.
Products Used
The Penetron System was specified for the repair of over 1,000 linear meters (3,300 feet) of cracks in the concrete water storage tanks of the Gold Coast Desalination Plant. A combination of PENEPLUG, a cementitious crystalline waterproofing rapid set waterplug, PENETRON, a cementitious crystalline waterproofing slurry, and PENECRETE MORTAR, a cementitious crystalline waterproofing mortar, was applied after the repair team routed out all visible cracks, leaks, and deteriorated concrete.
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