Project Owner: AdelaideAqua Pty Limited
Project Value: $1.8 billion
Project Status: Design and Construction
Location: SA, Australia

Associated Projects:
SA Water Adelaide Desalination Project Overview
   - SA Water Adelaide Desalination Project - Commodities Registration

As part of a 4-way water security strategy the South Australian Government is building a seawater desalination plant at Port Stanvac, south of Adelaide, to ensure drinking water is available even in times of drought.

The Adelaide Desalination Project will deliver up to 50 billion litres of water each year - about a quarter of Adelaide's water supply. The recent State and Commonwealth funding announcement will mean the plant will now be expanded to 100 billion litres a year.

Port Stanvac has been chosen as the preferred site due to the accessibility of relatively deep seawater, optimal marine dispersion characteristics, better access to the water supply network, suitable land availability and lower construction costs.

First water will be delivered via the plant in December 2010.

AdelaideAqua has been named as the preferred bidder for construction of the desalination plant. The consortium comprises of McConnell Dowell, Abigroup Contractors, ACCIONA Aqua and United Utilities, which collectively have extensive world-wide desalination experience and strong environmental credentials. Together they will design, build, operate and maintain the plant for 20 years. AdelaideAqua was selected after a comprehensive evaluation process.

An important part of the Adelaide Desalination Project is the transfer pipeline system to deliver water from Port Stanvac to the Happy Valley water treatment supply. From there the water will enter the distribution network.

A joint venture between respected construction companies McConnell Dowell Constructors Pty Ltd and Built Environs Pty Ltd has been appointed to design and build the pipeline system. These contractors are working with SA Water to ensure the pipeline can be delivered with minimal impact on the community and the environment.

The relevant contact details for each of the consortia are listed below in the Contact Details section for anyone seeking information on subcontract or employment opportunities.

ICNSA is taking registrations from companies that are interested in supplying to the project. Companies are reminded that registration does not guarantee that you will receive tender documentation to respond to.

InSkill SA and Code Compliance
Companies supplying to AdelaideAqua for the desalination project will be required to be registered with InSkill SA (for contracts of $500,000 or greater) and have been assessed as being compliant with the Australian Government Implementation Guidelines for the National Code of Practice for the Construction Industry (Revised June 2006)

Information and registration forms for InSkill SA can be found here. This process will be processed within five working days or less.

Information on the requirements for Code Compliance and a Declaration of Compliance can be downloaded here.

For further information on Code Compliance please click here.

For the Code Compliance online registration site, please click here. This assessment process may take approximately 10 days to complete.