Seqwater

Seqwater

The dam spillway gates of Wivenhoe Dam, an asset of seqwater
Statutory authority overview
Formed1 July 2008 (2008-07-01)
Preceding agencies
JurisdictionSouth East Queensland
HeadquartersIpswich, Queensland, Australia
MottoWater for Life
Annual budgetA$1,800 million
Ministers responsible
Statutory authority executives
  • David Hamill, Chairman
  • Neil Brennan, Chief Executive Officer
Parent departmentDepartment of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
Key document
Websiteseqwater.com.au

Seqwater is a statutory authority of the Government of Queensland that provides bulk water storage, transport and treatment, water grid management and planning, catchment management and flood mitigation services to the South East Queensland region of Australia.[1] Seqwater also provides irrigation services to about 1,200 rural customers in the region that are not connected to the grid and provides recreation facilities.[2]

Seqwater was established on 1 July 2008 (2008-07-01) pursuant to the South East Queensland Water (Restructuring) Act 2007 (QLD) alongside three other statutory authorities: Linkwater, the SEQ Water Grid Manager and WaterSecure. Since that time Seqwater has retained its bulk water storage and treatment, catchment management and flood mitigation assets and functions while acquiring additional assets and functions in two tranches:

Seqwater is managed by a chief executive who reports to a Board of Management that are ultimately responsible to the Minister for Regional Development and Manufacturing, and Minister for Water, presently Glenn Butcher and the Queensland Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment, presently Cameron Dick. The Department of Resources and Queensland Treasury provides administrative oversight of the statutory authority.[3]

  1. ^ "About us | Seqwater". www.seqwater.com.au. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b "About us". Seqwater. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Governance". Seqwater. Retrieved 25 October 2019.