SunWater
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Sunwater is a statutory Queensland Government-owned corporation[1] that supplies bulk water to over 5,000 irrigation, industry and urban customers and water consultancy services to a range of institutional clients across regional Queensland, Australia.
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Function and activities
Sunwater is responsible for the operation and maintenance of 19 major dams,[2] 65 weirs,[2] 80 major pumping stations[2] and more than Script error: No such module "convert". of pipelines[2] and open channels. Water storage infrastructure managed by Sunwater includes:
Sunwater constructed, and owns and operates the Tinaroo Hydro Power Station, a mini
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History
In 2003, there was a project underway to prevent interbasin transfer of the invasive fish species, Mozambique tilapia. The fish breeds rapidly and competes with native fish species. Sunwater planned to install mesh screens near irrigation channel outlets to prevent the escape of the fish.[5]
See also
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- Queensland Water Commission
- seqwater
- Water security in Australia
- Water supply and sanitation in Australia
External links
References
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