South East Queensland Water Strategy

The Queensland Government has released the South East Queensland Water Strategy – a 50 year blueprint to ensure a sustainable, efficient and secure water supply for the future of the region which includes the major urban centres of Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast.

The Strategy is based upon three key principles: conserving water, being prepared and managing water efficiently.

Conserving Water:

• Making Target 200 the voluntary residential water use target. By comparison, residents used 300 litres per person per day on average before the drought.
• Ensuring businesses and industry’s water efficiency continues to improve through the preparation and implementation of Water Efficiency Management Plans.

Being prepared:

• Ongoing investigation of future bulk water supply options and new technologies relating to water supply sources to ensure the best future decisions are made.
• Annual updates of the strategy to show the effects of climate change, actual population growth and community water use.

Managing water efficiently:

• The cost effective and efficient ongoing operation of the water grid.
• Keeping climate-resilient sources on standby so more can be taken from dams in times of plenty, knowing back-up supplies are available when needed.

To download the report visit Queensland Water Commission – South East Queensland Water Strategy.