WaterSecure, the trading name of the Queensland Manufactured Water Authority, was a
statutory authority
A statutory body or statutory authority is a body set up by law (statute) that is authorised to implement certain legislation on behalf of the relevant country or state, sometimes by being Primary and secondary legislation, empowered or deleg ...
of the
Government of Queensland that
supplied water to the
South East Queensland region of
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
through its
desalination plant and a water recycling scheme, the
Western Corridor Recycled Water scheme. WaterSecure was merged with
Seqwater on 1 July 2011.
Function and activities
The
Gold Coast Desalination Plant
The Gold Coast Desalination Plant is a reverse osmosis, water desalination plant located in Bilinga, a seaside suburb of the Gold Coast, in Queensland, Australia. It supplies water to the South East Queensland region via the South East Queensl ...
was the first large-scale desalination plant on Australia's eastern seaboard. The plant has the capacity to supply up to 125 megalitres a day of drinking water (45 GL/year).
The Western Corridor Recycled Water scheme provides purified water to
Swanbank Power Station
The Swanbank Power Stations are located in Swanbank within South East Queensland, Australia. The original power station was coal fired, but the site has since moved to gas. By 2007 the site had consisted of the highly efficient gas-fired Swanb ...
and
Tarong Power StationWater recycling project wins prestigious environment award
Media Release. with the capacity to supply industry and agriculture.
See also
* Queensland Water Commission
* Seawater desalination in Australia
Australia is the driest habitable continent on Earth and its installed desalination capacity has been increasing. Until a few decades ago, Australia met its demands for water by drawing freshwater from dams and water catchments. As a result of t ...
* Water security in Australia
* Water supply and sanitation in Australia
References
External links
Seqwater
Water companies of Queensland
Water management in Queensland
Government agencies of Queensland
South East Queensland
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