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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Matthew Kelly

Sea floor testing at Belmont South

A jack-up barge with a drill rig attached will be positioned offshore to take core samples from the seabed from Monday February 6.

Work has commenced on a detailed study of the sea floor off Belmont in preparation for the construction of an intake pipeline for a $200million desalination plant.

A specialist vessel conducted cone penetration testing (CPT) in the area last week.

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