Flovac Vacuum Sewerage Systems

  • Home
  • About Flovac
    • PRODUCTION GROUP
    • ENGINEERING GROUP
    • OPERATIONS GROUP
    • MANAGEMENT
  • How Vacuum Sewerage Systems Work?
    • Vacuum Sewer System Design
    • Vacuum Pump Station
    • Vacuum Interface Valve
      • Valve Blockage Test
      • Engineered Solutions. Flovac Launches New 2 inch Vacuum Valve
    • Collection Pit
    • Vacuum Mains
    • Monitoring Systems
  • Projects
    • Case Studies
    • Septic Tank Replacement Schemes
    • Sewerage Systems for Residential Developers
    • Marina’s and Port Facilities
    • Deployable Sewerage Solutions
  • News
  • Contact Us
  • Choose a Language

EPA demands that vacuum technology to be used at Eco Resort

February 24, 2021 By admin

The Couran Cove Eco Resort in Queensland Australia is an award winning environmental success story for Flovac and for our client.

Designing to best environmental practices which included refunds to staying guests if they used less than average electricity and water during their stay.  A vacuum collection system was a natural choice, chosen for its ease of installation and environmental credentials.

The system at a glance –

2,000 visitors plus staff with a swimming pool, function center, laundry facility, restaurant and marina.

  • 1 Vacuum Pump Station
  • 2,000 Guests plus Staff
  • Villa’s, apartments and cabins along with a conference facility, restaurants, sporting areas, offices and marina pump out facility
  • 215 Collection Pits
  • Fibre Optic Monitoring System

System Benefits

The developer showed a strong preference for a vacuum sewerage system as he saw it offering significant benefits in this development over each of the alternatives. These benefits were identified as:-

  • Ability to handle low flush toilets thus reducing the ultimate treated water disposal problem
  • Minimal impact on the landscape during construction with shallow trenches
  • Maximum water recovery for reuse in the re-vegetation irrigation system
  • Construction route flexibility thus minimizing the damage to vegetation
  • Ability to transport grey and black water in the one small bore pipe
  • Ability to safely lay all services in the one trench with minimal spacing
  • Zero infiltration and exfiltration
  • Ability of the system to service the entire site with one centralized pump station
  • Ability of the scheme to service the Boardwalk accommodation and even the boat sullage

Couran Cove Web Page

If you would like more information about this project or would like a free concept and budget for your next project please contact Flovac Engineering by clicking here

Vacuum Valve and Collection Sumps were located under the walkways in stainless steel vessels.

It was important that the system was quiet so as not to disturb guests at night. It was also important that there was no chance of sewage spilling into the water areas

Award winning project for Flovac as a Commerce by Design award in the annual Gold Coast Urban Design Awards

 

 

Able to handle seasonal flows from different areas within the resort. The remote beach restaurant is 3 km from the main resort

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: Developer Projects, Marinas and Ports, Projects Tagged With: Australia, blackwater, Environmentally Sensitive, exfiltration, Monitoring, Queensland, Resort

Recent Posts

  • The Largest Vacuum Sewerage System in the Southern Hempisphere
  • How to identify 5,000,000 litres per year of salt water entering your sewer network at a single glance
  • Key Largo using monitoring for hurricane preparedness
  • The Most Difficult Install Ever, Eretrea Greece
  • Gran Marina del Estrecho, a new marina for megayachts

Themes

2-inch America Asia Australia Bahrain blackwater Caribbean Christchurch Cold Climate Deployable Developer earthquake Environmentally Sensitive Estonia exfiltration Gravity Greece Grey Water Health High Density Hospital Hurricane Infiltration Innovation Installation Island Marina Marine Middle East Monitoring New Zealand Poland Queensland Resort Saint Martin South Korea Spain Staged Standards Superyacht System Expansion upgrade Vacuum Valve Versatility wireless

You Tube Video Library

How Vacuum Sewers Work

Flovac Valve Blockage Test

Vacuum Main Leak Test

Vacuum Valve Easy Access

 

Recent Posts

  • The Largest Vacuum Sewerage System in the Southern Hempisphere
  • How to identify 5,000,000 litres per year of salt water entering your sewer network at a single glance
  • Key Largo using monitoring for hurricane preparedness
  • The Most Difficult Install Ever, Eretrea Greece
  • Gran Marina del Estrecho, a new marina for megayachts

Follow Us!