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Pictured: The Results are Trapped.

Bandalong Doubles up for Fremantle Ports in Western Australia.

Bandalong installed two unique litter traps for Fremantle Ports in June this year. This design was based on Bandalong's CBD Litter Trap then modified to incorporate deflector plates, inner lift out basket lined with oil sorbent booms and double swinging gate sensitive enough to open and close with tidal movement. Each Litter Trap is held on station by vertical slider poles connecting the roller carriages on the Litter Traps this allows for tidal movement. The Litter Traps modifications were designed by Bandalong's Brian Noble.


Pictured: Even the Local Dolphin is impressed!


Pictured: Setting Fremantle's Trap




Merri Creek Floating Litter Trap Merri Creek Floating Litter Trapped

Bandalong has recently relocated a Litter Trap from the Moonee Ponds Creek to the Merri Creek in Clifton Hill just under the Eastern Freeway in conjunction with Theiss Services and Melbourne Water. Andrew Lawrie from Theiss Services believes the Litter Trap would be put to greater use as the Moonee Ponds Creek already has a very effective Bandalong litter trap 500 metres upstream from where this trap was originally located. Theiss will monitor the litter and vegetation that is removed from this trap on a ongoing basis.

Pictured: Andrew Lawrie (Theiss Services) and
James Wood (Bandalong International).

Sydney Airport Cleans up with Bandalong Sydney Airport cleans up with Bandalong

Our most recent Litter Trap installation in Sydney was in the Botany wetlands near the east end of the East/West runway. This Bandalong Litter Trap is a large 9 meters long x 3 metres wide allowing for large volumes of litter and vegetation to be collected in both normal conditions and heavy rainfall. This waterway is not used for recreational water craft so we attached eight six metre collection booms to the trap on the left hand side looking upstream enabling us to cover the entire waterway making the trap very affective.

Pictured: Bandalong Litter Trap at Sydney Airport

Lake Narracan Boom System Lake Narracan

The other installation was in Yallourn North at Lake Narracan, the lake is used for public recreation and the main purpose of this Bandalong Boom was to ensure the safety of the general public keeping them well away from the weir along with the prevention of large logs clogging up the outlet grate to the weir wall during normal flow. This boom is anchored with 20mm x 450mm Stainless Steel threaded rod combined with chemset into the rock face. Thanks to SRW staff in assisting us and providing workboat access.

Pictured: Bandalong Boom

Lake Narracan Weir Southern Rural Water (SRW)

We undertook two Bandalong Boom installations for SRW in September and October 2005. The first installation was in Goodman's Creek Bacchus Marsh, the main purpose of this boom was to stop the logs and vegetation getting caught in the inlet to a pipeline flowing into the Merrimu Reservoir. The vegetation now flows past the inlet up to higher ground and settles in position once the water level falls, this results in uninterrupted water flow into the reservoir and easier to maintain for SRW.

Pictured: Lake Narracan Weir

Bandalong Movable Litter Trap On the Move

On The Move. We have designed The Bandalong Movable Litter Trap, this gives our clients other options along with our moored Litter Trap in the battle against litter in our waterways. The Movable Trap can be used during general waterway patrols also during special events like Melbourne's Grand Prix on Albert Park Lake ensuring unsightly litter is collected quickly and effectively.

Pictured: Bandalong Movable Litter Trap

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