WaterSecure

WaterSecure, the trading name of the Queensland Manufactured Water Authority, was a statutory authority of the Government of Queensland that supplied water to the South East Queensland region of Australia through its desalination plant and a water recycling scheme, the Western Corridor Recycled Water scheme. WaterSecure was merged with Seqwater on 1 July 2011.[1]

WaterSecure
Queensland Manufactured Water Authority
Statutory authority overview
JurisdictionSouth East Queensland
HeadquartersLevel 2, 95 North Quay, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
MottoA new source of pure water
Statutory authority executive
Parent departmentDepartment of Energy and Water Supply
Key document

Function and activities

The Gold Coast Desalination Plant 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 and Tarong Power Station[2] with the capacity to supply industry and agriculture.

See also

References
  1. South East Queensland Water (Restructuring) Regulation 2011 See Part 4 and commencement date in Endnote 5.
  2. Water recycling project wins prestigious environment award. Media Release.
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