Eungella Dam Survey for SunWater and Neptune Marine

The ROV Innovations Inspection team flew up to Mackay on Wednesday with Brian from Neptune Marine to assist SunWater in the inspection of some of their underwater assets an Eungella Dam. The Inspection consisted of two components, initially looking at the sealing of one of its outlet pipes, and secondly finding and inspecting a submerged concrete pipeline outlet tower.

Using the dams trolley to deploy the Seamor ROV

Track to the dam floor

Live viewing of the High Definition footage by the Sunwater Engineers

The combination of the High Definition Sony camera in the ROV, additional LED lighting, as well as the VisionClear video enhancer, allowed the Sunwater engineers to confidently assess the situation 35m below on the dam floor. Our Imagenex positioning sonar also enabled us to quickly and efficiently locate the submerged intake tower that rose up to 28m depth, something that prior inspection companies couldn't locate due to the original tech drawings of the dams construction being inaccurate.

ROV just about to take the plunge into Eungella Dam

Intake pipeline at 35 meters depth

Part of the track system of the dam wall

Concrete intake tower rising from 35m to 28m depth

Due to the enhanced video feed, HD video, and Sonar, we were able to complete all aspects of the inspection and provide a live view of the assets to the SunWater Engineers. The dam inspection was completed within 4 hours, with the SunWater team being extremely impressed with the ROV and all tech provided by the ROV Innovations and Neptune Marine collaboration.