Water & wastewater

Rockhampton Regional Council has taken a major step towards improving its sustainable water and sewerage infrastructure, by approving the commencement of negotiations for the supply of recycled water to the region.

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Unitywater has discovered the largest ever fatberg in its sewerage network at a sewage pump station in Brendale, Queensland.

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For over two weeks, ten miners have been trapped in a coal mine in Mexico, with rescue efforts being delayed by surging underground water, demanding the use of dozens of pumps.

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Stage four upgrades – including improved chemical dosing systems and filtration – will begin at the ageing Mt Kynock Water Treatment Plant in Queensland, in a $28 million effort to improve water security and services for the Toowoomba region.

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Central Queensland’s Livingstone Shire Council will commit $6.6 million of its 2022/23 budget toward nine water infrastructure projects to be completed within the next 12 months, including valve upgrades, pump replacements and a new booster pump station.

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