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| Statutory authority overview | |
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| Formed | 1 July 2008 (2008-07-01) |
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| Jurisdiction | South East Queensland |
| Headquarters | Ipswich,Queensland,Australia |
| Motto | Water for Life |
| Annual budget | A$1,800 million |
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| Parent department | Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy |
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| Website | seqwater |
Seqwater is astatutory authority of theGovernment of Queensland that provides bulkwater storage, transport andtreatment, water grid management and planning, catchment management and flood mitigation services to theSouth East Queensland region ofAustralia.[1] Seqwater also providesirrigation services to about 1,200 rural customers in the region that are not connected to the grid and provides recreation facilities.[2]
Seqwater was established on 1 July 2008 (2008-07-01) pursuant to theSouth East Queensland Water (Restructuring) Act 2007 (QLD) alongside three other statutory authorities: Linkwater, the SEQ Water Grid Manager andWaterSecure. Since that time Seqwater has retained its bulk water storage and treatment, catchment management and flood mitigation assets and functions while acquiring additional assets and functions in two tranches:
Seqwater is managed by a chief executive who reports to a Board of Management that are ultimately responsible to the Minister for Regional Development and Manufacturing, and Minister for Water, presentlyGlenn Butcher and the Queensland Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment, presentlyCameron Dick. TheDepartment of Resources andQueensland Treasury provides administrative oversight of the statutory authority.[3]
The formation of Seqwater was part of the reform of water supply arrangements by the Queensland Government that commenced in 2007. As part of these reforms an integrated approach to catchment-sourced management across the South East Queensland region was adopted with the expectation that this approach would help to ensure the long term security and sustainability of the region's catchment-based water supply.
Initially, Seqwater was established to manage bulk water facilities in the region, a function previously managed by 25 different local government, state government and corporate entities.[4] Seqwater is responsible for 25 dams (includingWivenhoe Dam,Somerset Dam andNorth Pine Dam,Hinze Dam on theGold Coast, andBaroon Pocket Dam on theSunshine Coast), which provide as much as 90 per cent of South East Queensland's drinking water supply. In addition, Seqwater owns 47 weirs, as well as operating 46 water treatment plant facilities and 14 groundwater borefields across South East Queensland.
Seqwater is also responsible for a range of new water infrastructure projects and initiatives, including raising the dam wall of theHinze Dam on the Gold Coast (completed in 2011[5]), working with the Department of Infrastructure and Planning on the design phase of the Wyaralong Water Treatment Plant, and the fluoridation of the region's drinking water supply.
It currently manages more than $10 billion worth of water supply assets, including 600 kilometres of bulk water pipelines connecting the water grid from the Sunshine Coast in the north to the Gold Coast in the south, the Western Corridor Recycling Scheme and the Gold Coast Desalination Plant.[1]
On 6 July 2015 Seqwater releasedWater for life, a 30 year plan outlining measures to ensure a secure water supply for South East Queensland over the period to 2045.[6]
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