Fact Sheet Ashgrove to Enoggera Pipeline Upgrade

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Fact sheet Ashgrove to Enoggera Pipeline Upgrade What is The WAter Grid? The SEQ Water Grid is a network of bulk water supply pipelines that stretch more than 600 kilometres to enable treated drinking water to be moved around the region. The grid is connected to the region’s major water treatment plants and water supply dams as well as climate resilient water sources such as the Gold Coast Desalination Plant and the Western Corridor Recycled Water Scheme. What do i need to know about THE WATER GRID? Transports treated drinking water The water grid doesn’t top up dams - it transports treated drinking water Because there are limits to the amount of water the grid can move, around the region. Due to the layout of the grid, we can’t alwyas move it can’t completely replace local water supplies - only supplement water directly from one area to another. For example we can’t move them. That’s why we still need to plan for the future to make sure water directly from the Gold Coast to the Sunshine Coast. Instead water communities in South East Queensland have enough water to live, is transported via the grid from the Gold Coast to Brisbane then water work and play. produced in Brisbane is transported to the Sunshine Coast. helps makes se qld more resilient to drought SUPPLEMENTS LOCAL SUPPLIES The water grid was built during the Millennium Drought, when Water is usually sourced and treated locally. Sometimes, we temporarily some parts of the region had lots of water and others had almost change the way we manage the water grid due to extreme weather, none, and we had no way to move it from one area to another. water quality issues or when we need to carry out maintenance or repairs While we cannot supply all of the region’s water supply without on water treatment plants or pipelines. local rainfall, the water grid can help move some water to drier parts of the region. In South East Queensland, we have a unique piece of water infrastructure called the SEQ WATER IS TRANSPORTED Water Grid. AROUND THE REGION BY MORE THAN 600 KM OF WE USE THE WATER GRID TO PIPELINES TRANSPORT TREATED DRINKING WATER AROUND THE REGION. water is NOT transported Between dams. OUR RECYCLED WATER TREATMENT PLANTS CAN pump water directly into WIVENHOE DAM, BUT THEY ARE NOT OPERATING AT THE MOMENT..

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