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Divers suit up for 'unusual' task

10 November 2023

A specialist dive team is assisting with the replacement of 18 of the 24 aerators at the Bendigo Water Reclamation Plant during November.

To replace the aerators they will build a scaffold which can be lowered into the wastewater tanks by a 50-tonne crane, to allow access to the aerators.

With no visiability in the water, divers work by touch to remove the bolts and complete the replacement.

The aerators are a key part of the wastewater's biological treatment process. Their job is to churn and mix the wastewater shortly after its arrival at the plant.

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