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Facilities

MHL has occupied a site in the Sydney suburb of Manly Vale for over 60 years, right beside the old Manly Water Supply Dam.

 Working Space:-

• Covered experimental space - 2230 sq m
• Open air experimental space - 3530 sq m

Major Hydraulic Facilities:-

• 35m x 1.0m x 1.4m Wave flume with adjustable floor an random wave generator.
• 11m x 0.6m x 0.8m Tilting flume with glass panels.
• 30m x 30m x 1m Wave basin with random wave generator.

Other Site Facilities:-

• Computer centre with remote sensing, GIS and database capabilities.
• Electronics workshop for construction and repair of instrumentation.
• Mechanical workshop for the construction of experimental facilities.
• Clean water flows up 1.13cu m/s from Manly Dam (a 9,000,000 cu m reservoir).
• Laboratory instrumentation for measuring most hydraulic parameters.
• Field instrumentation to measure hydrodynamic and ocean processes.

The office accomodation facilities at MHL have been used by NSW Department of Commerce to showcase sustainable design and renewable energy.