Today, 2 fish friendly Archimedes’ screw pumps of 3.0 m diameter have been installed in Hampton Downs, New Zealand. The pumps have been designed to displace a total of 4.5 m³ of water per second to the Waikato river.
An article about FishFlow Innovations in the KTR Insight Yearbook.
An article about FishFlow Innovations in the KTR Insight Yearbook can be read here.
ø 3m screw pumps en route to Auckland
In early November, two fish-friendly Archimedes’ enclosed screw pumps from FishFlow Innovations were loaded onto a ship to New Zealand. The screws have a diameter of ø 3 meters and a total length of almost 18 meters. The screw pumps will replace a pumping station that is located between Auckland and Hamilton. If the journey goes according to schedule, the screw pumps will arrive in Auckland by Christmas.
Fish-friendly pump keeping eel (tuna) numbers up and free of harm.
The new fish-friendly pump from FishFlow Innovations is helping native fish to safely passage downstream on Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua land in Waikato.
Tuna live in streams and drains for many decades but breed once in their lifetime out at sea.
Water pumped through the new Mangawhero Pump Station enters a lake on the iwi-owned, 10-hectare property before joining the Waikato River. It’s part of Waikato Regional Council’s upgrade of five pumps in Waikato catchments.
Some 160 tuna were tagged during their migration season, which occurred during the recent downpour and flooding. But Roimata Minhinnick (Ngāti Te Ata) says despite the earlier-than-usual migration, the results meant that the pump is correctly doing what it’s meant to do: enable fish safe passage through the pump, as the old, current pumps are lethal to 100% of the Tuna.
Interview Gerard Manshanden: From fisher to fish passage innovator
Gerard Manshanden knows a lot about fish behaviour, applying his knowledge to provide safe fish passage at pump stations, worldwide – and soon, in Southland.
Two of FishFlow Innovations pumps are being installed in the new Stead Street pump station, replacing the old pumps, which are more than 70 years old and, unlike the new pumps, do not provide safe passage for our native fish.
Click here or the below image to read the interview.
Water New Zealand Magazine: “Providing safe passage for fish”.
New Zealand’s first ever Fish Flow Innovations screw pump will be tested during the next fish migration to see how New Zealand’s native fish species successfully migrate through our system.
In the link below you will find the entire “Water New Zealand magazine”. On pages 54 and 55 is the article written by the Waikato Regional Council about FishFlow Innovations “worlds leading 100% Fish Friendly Pump”.
FishFlow Innovations one of the finalists for the Enterprise Election North Holland 2022
The 15th edition of the Noord-Holland Enterprise Elections is in full swing, with 33 compagnies in 4 categories competing for the title of “Best company of North Holland”
FishFlow Innovations has been announced as one of the finalists in the category MKB Midden ovnh.nl/#finalisten
First Fish Flow Innovations Screw Pump delivered to New Zealand.
FishFlow Innovations recently delivered its first fish-friendly screw pump to New Zealand, for more information: click here for the news article