Canals & Waterways

CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE - Canals & Waterways

The love of outdoor living and water sports in Western Australia has led to the evolution of quality residential waterside developments. Airey Taylor Consulting was engaged to design three major canal-based projects adjacent to the Peel Estuary and Murray River near Mandurah. Innovative research and design in canal construction, water quality and tidal flow criteria overcame serious environmental and construction problems associated with earlier marine-related residential developments, resulting in completion of these commercially successful, environmentally attractive developments.

Waterside Mandurah (right): A 270 ha residential canal type subdivision, this highly attractive development boasts fully serviced blocks with underground power. Most blocks possess a water frontage, with direct access provided for reasonably deep draught pleasure craft to the main channel between the ocean and Peel Inlet.

Large foreshore reserves and rapid flushing of the canals by natural means ensures this major development maintains its healthy and peaceful environmental appeal.

Airey Taylor Consulting provided comprehensive hydraulic and civil engineering input, including storm surge and hydraulic flood studies, water quality investigations, design and documentation of earthworks, roads, drainage, water supply, sewerage reticulation, sewerage pumping station and rising main.

Waterway Development, Port Geographe, Busselton: A feasibility study for provision of engineering services to a 2500 lot water frontage subdivision at Port Geographe, Busselton.

Murray Lakes River Resort and Canal Development:
This project is an outstanding example of advanced engineering design, where time-share, residential and tourist development has been incorporated in an environmentally harmonious way with surrounding river and countryside. A timber footbridge spanning an entry canal was also designed by Airey Taylor Consulting.

Airey Taylor Consulting made special design provision for the needs of the numerous species of wading birds in the region by interspersing sandy shelving beaches with the vertical retaining walls of the canals.

The canals are generally in excess of 50 metres in width to ensure water turnover rate and quality. All stormwater gullies and manholes are fitted with oil and sand traps to minimise transfer of debris to the canals.

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