Jurisdiction South East Queensland | Statutory authority executive | |
Headquarters Level 2, 95 North Quay, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Motto A new source of pure water Parent department Department of Energy and Water Supply Key document South East Queensland Water (Restructuring) Act 2007 (QLD) | ||
WaterSecure, the trading name of the Queensland Manufactured Water Authority, was a statutory authority of the Government of Queensland which 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.
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 with the capacity to supply industry and agriculture.
References
WaterSecure Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA