Protecting the River Murray: Elevated Enclosure Solutions 

Water Engineering Technologies, a business unit of the South Australian Water Corporation, required a control enclosure and a separate supply-authority metering enclosure as part of a $200 million salt interception scheme aimed at reducing salt leaching into the River Murray.

Salinity in the region has risen over many years, largely due to the clearing of native vegetation for housing development. To address this, bores drilled to the water table feed pumps that draw saline groundwater into evaporation ponds. The control and metering enclosures needed to operate within restricted space and be protected from potential flood damage.

To meet these challenges, Water Engineering Technologies selected B&R’s Monarch IP enclosures. The solution utilised a “back-to-back” mounting arrangement to overcome space constraints, with each enclosure installed on a frame that can be elevated in the event of flooding.

A total of 27 systems were deployed along the river near Loxton in South Australia’s Riverland, delivering a durable and practical response to a complex environmental management challenge.