SunWater

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Sunwater
TypeGovernment-owned corporation
IndustryWater resources
Headquarters,
Area served
Queensland
ProductsWater
ServicesFrom designing and building dams, managing and operating infrastructure
Total assetsA$10 billion
ParentGovernment of Queensland
Websitesunwater.com.au
Footnotes / references
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SunWater, the trading name of SunWater Limited, is a statutory Queensland Government-owned corporation[6] that supplies bulk water to over 5,000 customers and water consultancy services to a range of institutional clients in the Wide Bay–Burnett and North West regions of Queensland, Australia.

SunWater was established on 1 October 2000 pursuant to the Government Owned Corporations Act 1993 (QLD) and the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Function and activities[]

SunWater is responsible for the operation and maintenance of 19 major dams,[3] 63 weirs,[3] 80 major pumping stations[3] and more than 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi) of pipelines[3] and open channels. Water storage infrastructure managed by SunWater includes:

SunWater constructed, and owns and operates the Tinaroo Hydro Power Station, a mini–hydroelectric power station at Lake Tinaroo;[7] and the Paradise Mini-Hydro, a mini–hydroelectric power station at Paradise Dam, impacted by flooding near Bundaberg in 2010.

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References[]

  1. ^ Home - SunWater :: Making Water Work
  2. ^ Frequently Asked Questions - SunWater :: Making Water Work
  3. ^ a b c d e Profile - SunWater :: Making Water Work
  4. ^ What we do - SunWater :: Making Water Work
  5. ^ Contact Us - SunWater :: Making Water Work
  6. ^ "Current Government-owned businesses". Queensland Treasury and Trade. Government of Queensland.
  7. ^ a b c d http://www.sunwater.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/2099/SunWater_Dams_2011.pdf[dead link]
  8. ^ "Kinchant Dam". Sunwater. Retrieved 21 February 2021.


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