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WaterSecure – a new source of pure water

Welcome to WaterSecure

WaterSecure is the Queensland Government authority responsible for the supply of desalinated water directly to the South East Queensland Water Grid and supply of purified recycled water to power stations, future industrial customers and, potentially, agriculture, as well as Wivenhoe Dam to supplement the region’s drinking water supplies if required.
 
WaterSecure is responsible for delivering the following two projects:

  • Western Corridor Recycled Water Project that has the capacity to supply up to 232 megalitres of purified recycled water a day
  • Gold Coast Desalination Project that will supply 133 megalitres of desalinated water a day.

Learn more about these projects:

            
latest news
The Gold Coast Desalination Plant has now supplied more than 20 billion litres to the South East Queensland Water Grid.
The WaterSecure Annual Report for 2008-09 is now available and also incorporates reporting for our subsidiaries – Western Corridor Recycled Water Pty Ltd and SureSmart Water (the South East Queensland [Gold Coast] Desalination Company).
This issue read about environmental restoration along the pipeline, National Water Week, how our waterways rated in this year's Healthy Waterways Report Card, the new National Centre of Excellence to be hosted in Brisbane and our marine monitoring at the Gold Coast Desalination Plant.
Queensland Conservation congratulated the State Government on committing to making the Tugun Desalination Plant carbon neutral.
Western Corridor Recycled Water Pty Ltd will receive $20 million over five years to host the National Centre of Excellence in Water Recycling in Brisbane, Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong announced today.
The environmental benefits of the Western Corridor Recycled Water Project have been recognised with the scheme winning a 2009 Healthy Waterways Award last night.

The Interim Water Quality Report results show that the final quality of the purified recycled water conforms to the guideline levels prescribed by Queensland Health in the Public Health Regulation 2005.

Based on the testing results in the report, the commissioning of the Western Corridor Recycled Water Project is proceeding well, providing confidence it is capable of consistently producing purified recycled water that is safe to be used to supplement Wivenhoe Dam.

Watch the recent Catalyst segment on water recycling in South East Queensland featuring the Western Corridor Recycled Water Project