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Rain, hail or shine - Spring 2009

Welcome back to Rain, hail or shine, we’ve certainly been busy since the last issue.
 
The Gold Coast Desalination Plant completed its reliability trial in August, showing it can continually and reliably operate at 100 per cent. The plant has now supplied more than 14 billion litres of water to the SEQ Water Grid and the advanced water treatment plants continue to supply water to the region’s power stations, more than 26 billion litres now.
 
In September, two international water conferences came to Brisbane – Reuse09 and Riversymposium, giving us the opportunity to find out what’s happening around the world with water reuse projects, catchment and environmental management, and technological advances. We also had the chance to present our work to the world with a number of WaterSecure staff giving presentations and submitting papers to the conferences.
 
We also took our operation to the public, opening two of our plants for site tours during
National Water Week. If you had a chance to visit I hope it was an enlightening and valuable experience. If you didn’t and you’re interested in visiting the desalination plant or an advanced water treatment plant please contact us.

Lastly, I’m delighted to announce that WaterSecure has recently been awarded the Australian Water Association (Queensland) 2009 Water Environment Merit Award for the contribution our nutrient reduction makes to the region’s waterways. In September we also received a High Commendation for Project Management at the Engineering Excellence Queensland Awards.
 
Enjoy this issue of Rain, hail or shine and remember if you have any questions about our work please contact us.


Restore and regenerate

All across South East Queensland and Australia, infrastructure projects are under construction to deliver important services—transport, communications, power, water—to communities. These projects are vital to ensure our infrastructure keeps up with population growth and technological improvements but they can impact resident flora and fauna communities.

In decades past, native vegetation disrupted by construction was left to recover on its own but due to a shift to more environmentally sensitive reinstatement practices...
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Securing our water future – we're all responsible
For a long time we all took for granted unlimited access to cheap, clean water but water has fast become the most precious resource on earth. We need water for agriculture, industry, cleaning and personal hygiene, and, of course, to drink. Let’s not forget that the environment around us needs healthy water to survive as well.
 
But as Australia faces another El Nino this summer, the security of our long-term water supply remains uncertain...
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Did we make the grade?
Our waterways and bays are home to a multitude of marine creatures–including endangered fish and turtles–are popular recreation spots and also support commercial fishing. They are under pressure due to population growth and development, not helped by the heavy rains we received earlier this year. The 2009 Ecosystem Health Report was released by the SEQ Healthy Waterways Partnership on 21 October and is the result of 12 months of scientific monitoring at almost 400 sites throughout the region.
 
So how did our waterways rate?
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Western Corridor to host National Centre of Excellence in Brisbane
As we face uncertain rainfall patterns in the coming years, many communities around Australia are considering new water supply options. WaterSecure’s subsidiary Western Corridor Recycled Water (WCRW) Pty Ltd and South East Queensland will soon be leading the nation in water recycling research, hosting the National Centre of Excellence in Water Recycling in Brisbane.
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Marine monitoring at the desalination plant
Through the desalination process about 45 per cent of the water we take in is turned into pure drinking water; the remaining 55 per cent is returned to the ocean with around a twofold increase in salt content. Unlike other desalination plants overseas we treat the salty water before we discharge it to the ocean and...
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