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PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA 8 FEBRUARY 2022
https://www.awe.gov.au/agriculture-land/farm-food- Queensland Government
drought/drought/future-drought-fund/regional-drought-resilience- Department of Agriculture and
planning Fisheries (DAF)
and
https://www.ruraleconomies.org.au/top/drought/regional-drought-
resilience-planning/
Noosa River Basin Environmental Values and Water Quality Department of Environment and
Objectives Science (DES)
https://environment.des.qld.gov.au/management/water/policy
SEQ Water Strategy and Water Security Plans SEQ Water
https://www.seqwater.com.au/waterforlife
and
https://www.business.qld.gov.au/industries/mining-energy-
water/water/industry-infrastructure/supply-planning/security/seq
Borumba Dam Raising for Pumped Hydo Electricity Powerlink
https://www.powerlink.com.au/projects/borumba-pumped-hydro-
project
Water Matters Plan for Sunshine Coast (Total Water Cycle Unity Water
Management for Burgess Creek Waste Water Treatment Facility)
(ongoing – included for
https://www.unitywater.com/watermatters completeness)
Lake MacDonald Dam Upgrade SEQ Water
https://www.seqwater.com.au/project/lake-macdonald-dam- (ongoing – included for
upgrade completeness)
The context to this activity includes
- The SEQ water grid as at 13 Jan 2021 is at 68.6.7% and the largest reservoir Wivenhoe Dam
is at 53.1%. Prior to recent rains in November 2021 the SEQ water grid was at 55% and the
Wivenhoe Dam was at 39% capacity. Agencies were on the cusp of introducing water
restrictions
- Rainfall variability and increased evaporation arising from climate change has brought
forward planning for drought resilience and new water infrastructure from 2042 to 2032, also
in the context of increasing population in South East Queensland.
- Unity Water are planning for upgrades to the Burgess Creek Waste to accommodate
increasing population growth in the catchment for the plant, which includes urban growth
outside of Noosa Shire.
In regard to ecology, extraction of additional water has potential to impact upon environmental
flows and ecological processes in the Mary and Noosa River catchments.
Planned upgrades to the Burgess Creek Wastewater Treatment Plan could have impacts upon
water quality in Burgess Creek and its outfall at Sunrise Beach.
In regard to potable water supply, the Noosa Shire water supply is largely taken from the Mary
River catchment and usually receives a blended water supply from Lake Macdonald Dam and the
Mary River at Imbil, which is supplemented with releases from Borumba Dam. This water is
pumped to the Noosa Water Treatment Plant near Lake Macdonald Dam for treatment when
needed. The SEQ Water Grid may also supply water other parts of the region including Baroon
Pocket Dam on the Sunshine Coast and North Pine Dam, near Brisbane.
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