Website urbanutilities.com.au Headquarters Fortitude Valley | Founded 1 July 2010 Predecessor Brisbane Water | |
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Formed 1 July 2010 (2010-07-01) Preceding agencies Brisbane Water
Ipswich Water, Council water services - Scenic Rim, Lockyer, Somerset Jurisdiction South East Queensland, Australia Minister responsible Mark Bailey, Minister for Energy and Water Supply Agency executives Geoff Harley, Chairperson
Louise Dudley, CEO CEO Louise Dudley (1 Jul 2012–) Profiles | ||
150 years of the urban water story
The Queensland Urban Utilities (QUU), the trading name of the Central SEQ Distributor-Retailer Authority, a statutory authority of the Government of Queensland, is responsible for the delivery of retail water supply and wastewater services across five local government areas in South East Queensland, in Australia. The shareholders of the statutory authority are the council of Brisbane, Ipswich, Lockyer Valley, Scenic Rim, and Somerset councils.
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Function and activities
The authority was formed of 1 July 2010 when it assumed the functions of Brisbane Water, a government business enterprise that was owned and managed by the Brisbane City Council, together with the merging of water assets from the four other member local government authorities. At the time, the A$4.3 bn merger was the largest water transaction and second largest infrastructure transaction in Australian history.
QUU services over a quarter of Queensland’s total population.
Related organisations are Unitywater (Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast and Noosa), Logan City Council (Logan Water), Redland City Council (Redland Water), and Gold Coast City Council. Allconnex Water supplied Logan, Redland and Gold Coast, until 30 June 2012.