Achievements

Water for Lockyer

The Water Collaborative continues to work with drive and focus to bring reliable and sustainable additional water to the Lockyer Valley and Somerset Region.

The member Councils have been successful in securing $10 million of funding through the South East Queensland City Deal Agreement for Lockyer Water Initiatives to enhance water supply security.

In 2020, a Detailed Business Case (DBC) was completed to recognise Lockyer Valley’s potential to significantly increase agricultural production. The DBC investigated an option for making more water available for irrigation and other high value uses throughout the Lockyer Valley and Somerset regions.

The exciting next phase of the DBC is the Lockyer Valley & Somerset Water Security Optimisation Assessment Report (OAR), which is intended to further investigate and detail options for making more water available for irrigation and other high value uses.

Successes in achieving purpose and priorities

Advocacy

Completed Detailed Business Case

The Collaborative has been able to engage with both State and Federal Governments to communicate about the importance of the project for economic growth and securing new water supplies to the region.

Completed Detailed Business Case

Brisbane based, specialist water infrastructure consultants Jacobs Group, have completed a Detailed Business Case for the project. The Detailed Business Case examines the costs and benefits of the project and makes recommendations on next steps to progress the project.

Water Use Efficiency Initiative

Completed Detailed Business Case

Water Use Efficiency Initiative

A further $100,000 in funding has been secured so Growcom can develop the initiative to ensure that existing water resources are being efficiently used and to identify where on-ground improvements may be implemented.

Consultants appointed

Project Working Group Established

Water Use Efficiency Initiative

Infrastructure Project Solutions have been appointed as Owners Engineer and Kellogg Brown Root have been appointed Lead Advisor for the delivery of the Optimisation Assessment Report.

Project Working Group Established

Established to oversee the development of the Strategic Business Case - an essential prerequisite to proceeding to the development of a more comprehensive Detailed Business Case

Secured $10M funding

Project Working Group Established

The member Councils have been successful in securing $10 million of funding through the South East Queensland City Deal Agreement for Lockyer Water Initiatives to enhance water supply security.