Who is Using it?

From the outset, and right through the 1990's, Wellmaster has offered bore owners unique benefits and advantages compared to any other available rising mains. Not the least of these benefits were (a) non-corrosion, (b) certified potable water approval and (c) much lower pump operating costs. These factors clearly influenced the Country Water Supply section of the W.A. Public Works Department (Later known as the B.M.A.). For over the years, close to a thousand bores, providing water to country towns throughout Western Australia and Aboriginal communities have been equipped with Wellmaster rising mains, or "drop hoses" as they are commonly called, across the complete range of available sizes.

Multiple bore nests (Using Wellmaster) have been long established for town water supplies in:

Wyndham	Kununurra	Broome	Exmouth
Halls Creek	Carnarvon	Geraldton	Albany
Esperance	Moora	Bunbury	Kalgoorlie
Northam	Perth	Port Hedland

Wellmaster, having "potable water aprovals" from Europe, the United States and Australia, has been used extensively by Government bodies outside of Western Australia. In the Northern Territory, Wellmaster has a Product Approval Certificate from the Power and Water Authority. All sizes of hose are used throughout the Territory both for town water supplies and for community bores.

Wellmaster is also widely used throughout Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria for town water supply. In 1996 the Brisbane Country Council used Wellmaster extensively in its large new bore field on Stradbroke island. The City of Townsville has many bores equipped with Wellmaster drop hose.

In New South Wales the Water Resources Commission has used Wellmaster in many bores and in Victoria the State Electricity Commission has used large diameter Wellmaster extensively at its powerhouse's including Loy Yang.

An interesting use of Wellmaster by Government was in the $37 million Woolpunda and Waikerie schemes in South Australia where over 6000 metres of Wellmaster was installed into sixty seven (67) de-salination bores to pump a daily total of some 250 tonnes of salt away from the Murray River. Wellmaster’s high abrasion resistance; its internal scaling resistance; and its long warranty enabled its choice for this very arduous duty.

Wellmaster’s non-corrosion and lower pump operation costs have been equally important to mine operators. Other factors such as (a) rapid installation and withdrawal times (b) its high abrasion resistance (c) its easy transport and (d) its long operation life have been equally important to mine operations. Major Australian mining companies have consistently recognised the true value of Wellmaster and adopted it for their large projects.

Wellmaster suits mines for general pumping and dewatering, and has been long preferred over any other lesser quality flexible risers which have become available. Wellmaster is also usually preferred to any rigid risers, particularly those prone to damage on site through handling or because of blasting.

Throughout Australia, the mining industry has adopted Wellmaster Hose as "the reliable pump column" and there would be few major mine sites in Australia which source water from underground which have not used it.

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