Water from Australia’s newest major water infrastructure asset is now flowing to Central Queenslanders. Rural Funds Management is the first customer to take water from the weir, using it to irrigate macadamia orchards in the Lower Fitzroy. The water from Rookwood Weir is enabling the company to plant 800,000 macadamia trees over 2,500 hectares of […]
Work on critical road upgrades for the Paradise Dam project continues. A new contract has been awarded to improve eight intersections along the road network leading to the dam. This upgrade is the second of three packages designed to improve safety and accommodate the expected increase in traffic to and from the dam. Key intersection […]
Rookwood Weir (Managibei Gamu) has again been recognised for excellence in water management and environmental sustainability. A collaboration between Sunwater, GHD, ACCIONA, and McCosker Contracting, the project took home the 2024 Australian Construction Achievement Award in Sydney last night. The accolade follows the project winning the 2023 Premier’s Award for Excellence and being named joint […]
Sunwater understands the importance of water for regional communities. This month we announced customer water allocations for the 2024-25 water year – and we are pleased the numbers are as healthy as they’ve been for a long time. This is good news for towns, industrial businesses and farmers across regional Queensland. […]
Rookwood Weir (Managibei Gamu) has achieved another industry first for its commitment to sustainable design and construction practices. The Infrastructure Sustainability Council (ISC) has awarded the project an “excellent” rating for sustainability performance during the weir’s construction. The “As Built” rating comes after the weir was recognised in 2023 for economic, social and environmental outcomes […]
Tinaroo Falls Dam has set a new spill record – 208 days! The dam started spilling on 17 December last year in the wake of Cyclone Jasper, and has been spilling continuously since. This is its longest continuous spill since 1979, when it spilled for 205 days. The storage level is currently at 101.4 per […]
Earlier this year, Sunwater completed an innovative maintenance project at Coolmunda Dam near Inglewood. This included upgrading counterweights in the dam’s gates to ensure their ongoing reliability, addressing erosion caused by floods and installing drainage pipework downstream. CEO Glenn Stockton explains this complex project in the video below. […]
On-site survey, drilling and geotechnical investigation work is continuing as we plan to raise the dam by two metres and improve its resilience against extreme weather. AECOM Townsville was recently appointed to investigate the road network leading to the dam to determine what work is needed to cater for the additional truck movements during the […]
Enabling work for the new Paradise Dam wall is continuing, with geotechnical investigations and road upgrades moving ahead. Led by a team of engineers, geologists and geophysicists, the geotechnical work involves rigorous drilling to test the strength of the rock below the surface where the new wall will be constructed. This thorough work will confirm […]
The 2024 Sunwater Annual Customer Survey is now live. You can take it here: https://bit.ly/SunwaterCustomerSurvey As part of our commitment to being a stakeholder-centric organisation, we conduct biannual customer surveys. The feedback you provide plays a crucial role in enduring we continuously improve and meet changing customer needs. This survey contains six questions for all […]
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