MAK Water Facilities Management
- Service offices Australia-wide
- Quality locally sourced components
- Guaranteed level of service and technical support with in-house process design and engineering
- Competitive pricing & best value Flexible solutions to customer requirements
- Compliance issues and risk mitigation managed by an expert
- Key Performance Indicators for safety, quality, productivity, and cost reduction 24/7 Call out Service
- ISO 9001 compliant quality systems and processes
Facility Management of Water Treatment and Waste Disposal Assets
Investments in the water supply infrastructure ebb and flow with the unpredictable trends of rainfall and water availability, whilst investment in sewerage and drainage is dictated by more predictable variables such as population growth. Both areas face significant challenges as the industry seeks to secure and deliver a sustainable water supply and provide effective waste management infrastructure for population centres and industry.
Our team offers expertise across all areas of asset creation, optimisation and management, providing cost, time and outcome orientated solutions that support the successful delivery of water and waste management projects. As experts in decentralised water system management, the MAK Water team is able to provide remote monitoring and operational support as well as on-site personnel.
Water treatment management & operation services
We operate and maintain water and wastewater treatment plants, whether or not we built them, to enable municipalities to optimise their production costs associated with water and wastewater treatment. This may cover:
- Production of drinking water
- Desalination
- Urban wastewater treatment
- Re-use of de-polluted urban wastewater
- Sludge recovery and treatment
- Odour management
Public Private Partnerships (“PPP”)
MAK Water has a proven track record of working in successful long-term partnerships with Local Authorities to deliver sustainable, cost-effective wastewater management services based on a strategy of minimisation, reuse, recycling and energy recovery.
From financing, planning and procurement to construction, implementation and management, we help to build and operate new facilities in line with the proximity principle to modernise the waste management and water treatment infrastructure in your community.
By working closely with local residents, our clients and other key stakeholders we have achieved a strong track record for engaging successfully with the local community in order to help facilitate the planning process and gain the go-ahead for badly needed facilities.
Build-Own-Operate Service Contracts
MAK Water offers clients the opportunity of establishing a Build-Own-Operate (BOO) contract, taking responsibility for the design, supply and operation of the water treatment system on behalf of the client.
Typically based on quality and quantity guarantees, the BOO contracts offer long term arrangements whereby MAK Water owns and operate systems and provides treated water to local government on a cost-per-litre basis.
Due to the vast number of technologies and treatment solutions available, MAK Water investigates and supplies optimum technological and economical water treatment services. This ensures the lowest total treatment cost, maximum on-line operation and guaranteed treated water quality.
A BOO contract also allows clients to focus on their core business while still maintaining strategic control of their operations
Applications
Real-world examples
One of the largest Public Services companies in the world approached us to investigate and report on signs of premature degradation that was occurring on several of their waste water plant roofs. The tank roofs were corroded in the areas where the ventilation system was not effectively removing hydrogen sulphide (H2S).
Western Australia
The owner of a nickel mine in the Fraser Range area of Western Australia required assistance with upgrade of the existing water infrastructure to provide a more reliable supply for both potable water and process water to the accommodation village, mine site facilities and process plant. The bore water feed to the Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants had deteriorated considerably causing membrane fouling, equipment damage, high service costs and ongoing plant downtime. MAK Water was engaged by the owner to provide a quick solution to fix the problem and ensure a more reliable water supply to the site. This included long term hire of multiple water treatment plants and an Operations Agreement to provide plant operators to maintain and operate all of the water treatment plants onsite. The Operations Agreement is for the provision of plant operation, technical support, onsite maintenance (both planned and emergency), and the supply of consumables required for normal plant operation.
Goldfields-Esperance, Western Australia
The owner of a metallurgical coal mine undergoing expansion near Blackwater in Central Queensland required the expertise of a specialist water and wastewater treatment contractor to manage its water treatment assets and guide the operations through a capital upgrade path to accommodate the mine life extension. Covering an area of 12,600 hectares, and with a production capacity of 7Mt per annum of high grade coking coal required for steel production, this mine is currently sitting on an estimated 90 million tonnes of high grade coking coal, making it one of the largest of its kind in the world. Recent expansion to operations and processing capability will see the mine life extended to 2030 and beyond. MAK Water was engaged by the owner to operate and maintain multiple potable water and wastewater treatment plants and replace an existing sewerage plant onsite. MAK Water was awarded a 3-year Operations Agreement to provide an operational team to maintain and operate all the water treatment plants onsite. The Operations Agreement is for the provision of plant operation, technical support, onsite maintenance (both planned and emergency), and the supply of consumables required for normal plant operation.
Bowen Basin, Queensland
