Voir en
The Water Authority of Fiji is responsible to provide efficient and effective drinking water and wastewater services to over 700,000 people nationwide. With a strong sustainable mandate, the WAF supplies over 116 million mega liters of treated water annually. The community depends on this water supply.
The substation upgrade was completed including technical specifications and product recommendations. Providing a reliable water supply with strong water flows pumping uphill is essential. A 3rd party review would ensure all elements of low voltage electrical engineering design will meet evolving community needs, stakeholder requirements and the reliability of Australian standards.
Easy Skill was hired to provide consulting engineering services for a thorough review of the electrical design proposal. We performed a comprehensive technical review of the updated layout of the switchboard and bus tie systems, verifying calculations and ensuring sizing requirements and part selections were aligned.
Easy Skill was able to identify a number of modifications that would ensure continuous power operations even during peak load times according to Australian Standards. We identified several areas to reconfigure cable sizes and parts for increased security and peace of mind for the Suva community.
Pumping high volumes of water up the mountainous terrain requires a precise, heavy-duty system. Although an alternative company was tasked with completing the proposed engineering redesign for an upgraded system, the governing authority needed more assurance. After all, the community depends on this station for access to clean water and wastewater.
WAF put out a tender for an electrical engineering review by an independent third party to ensure system reliability, capacity, and parts alignment. The project was to ensure the new system would meet robust Australian Standards.
To ensure the community could count on the new, upgraded water supply station, Easy Skill provided a comprehensive electrical design review to verify proposed specifications, identify opportunities to increase stability, and align part selection with capacity requirements.
Including a more powerful substation to
handle higher maximum safe loads and ensure continuous operations.
We provided a thorough technical review for the electrical power components for the main switchboard panel layout. The design and construction of the nested busbar determines the maximum safe load, which is essential to ensuring the system avoids shutdowns during peak load.
Some unique recommendations emerged
including the creation of three busbar sections to connect through the circuit breaker to enhance stability. Modifications were made that improved capacities and the products selected met rigorous Australian Standards.
As a result of the electrical engineering review, WAF has gained the confidence they need to proceed with the project knowing that they can meet the needs of the community today, tomorrow, and for the foreseeable future.