Current Projects

• Nathan Dam and Pipelines Project — The Nathan Dam and Pipelines Project is a major initiative aimed at providing long-term, reliable water supplies to mining, power, urban and agricultural customers in the Surat Coal Basin and the Dawson-Callide sub-region of Central Queensland.
• Cloncurry Pipeline — SunWater is building a $42.5 million pipeline in Cloncurry. 38 kilometres in length, the pipeline will provide a more reliable water supply from SunWater’s existing North West Queensland Pipeline to the town of Cloncurry. With the capacity to deliver up to 900 megalitres of water, this pipeline will provide a guaranteed water supply to service future population and industrial growth in the township.
• Spillway Capacity Upgrade Program — To ensure the highest level of safety of all our dams is maintained, SunWater is implementing a dam spillway capacity upgrade program.  This program will ensure SunWater’s dams continue to be able to hold excess volumes of water, and then be able to safely release this excess water over the spillway during periods of extreme rainfall.
• Water For Bowen — The project aims to supply water for industrial and agricultural users via a new channel and pipeline system extending from the Burdekin River across the coastal plain to Bowen and surrounding areas.
• Connors River Dam and Pipelines Project — This project aims to develop a new water storage in the Connors Isaac sub-catchment of central Queensland to increase the northern Bowen Basin region’s water supply reliability and security. Delivery of the stored water to areas of demand will require associated pipelines. SunWater is currently undertaking a detailed business case for the project, which includes the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) as part of the formal approvals process.
• Lower Fitzroy River Infrastructure Project — The Lower Fitzroy River Infrastructure Project is part of the State Government’s Statewide Water Policy and is linked to meeting future demand for water in Rockhampton, Gladstone and the Capricorn Coast.

  In cooperation with Rockhampton Regional Council, Gladstone Area Water Board and SunWater have begun to investigate the water storage infrastructure options on the Fitzroy River.

  For more information about the Lower Fitzroy River Infrastructure Project, visit http://www.fitzroyweirs.com.au/ or call 1800 423 213.

• Coal Seam Gas Water — SunWater is currently working with a number of Coal Seam Gas producers to identify viable markets for Coal Seam Gas produced water. Potential markets could include irrigation, feedlots, coal washing, power station cooling and urban consumption.
• Hinze Dam Stage 3 Raising — SunWater was appointed by the Gold Coast City Council to help select an alliance team, provide technical advice to the team and provide a peer review of the alliance design to deliver the raising of Hinze Dam to Stage 3. SunWater also conducted the physical hydraulic modelling of the modified spillway design.
• Wyaralong Dam — Queensland Water Infrastructure (QWI) was established by the Queensland Government in June 2006 to progress feasibility studies, design and construction of new water infrastructure projects in south-east Queensland including the Wyaralong Dam.
• Western Corridor Recycled Water Scheme - Eastern Pipeline — In October 2006 SunWater was novated into the Eastern Pipeline Alliance as a sub-alliance partner responsible for the design and documentation of the pipeline and pump stations associated with the Eastern Pipeline component of the overall scheme.

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