{{Short description|Water company}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox company | name = Sunwater | logo = SunWater logo.png | type = Government-owned corporation | predecessor = | successor = | founder = | defunct = | fate = | area_served = Queensland | key_people = | industry = Water resources | genre = | products = Water | services = From designing and building dams, managing and operating infrastructure | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = {{AUD}}10 billion | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = Government of Queensland | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|sunwater.com.au}} | footnotes = <ref name=autogenerated3>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sunwater.com.au/ |title=Home - Sunwater :: Water for prosperity<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=5 February 2008 |archive-date=27 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080127172805/http://www.sunwater.com.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sunwater.com.au/home/frequently-asked-questions |title=Frequently Asked Questions - Sunwater :: Making Water Work<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=22 October 2010 |archive-date=18 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118042515/http://www.sunwater.com.au/home/frequently-asked-questions |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=autogenerated5>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sunwater.com.au/about-sunwater/profile |title=Profile - Sunwater :: Water for prosperity |access-date=2 September 2013 |archive-date=30 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830075632/http://www.sunwater.com.au/about-sunwater/profile |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=autogenerated1>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sunwater.com.au/about-sunwater/profile/what-we-do |title=What we do - Sunwater :: Water for prosperity |access-date=2 September 2013 |archive-date=16 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816203009/http://sunwater.com.au/about-sunwater/profile/what-we-do |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=autogenerated2>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sunwater.com.au/home/contact-us |title=Contact Us - Sunwater :: Water for prosperity |access-date=2 September 2013 |archive-date=29 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829025829/http://www.sunwater.com.au/home/contact-us |url-status=live }}</ref> | intl = | caption = | foundation = | location_city = Brisbane | location_country = Australia | location = | locations = }}
'''Sunwater''' is a Queensland Government-owned statutory corporation<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.treasury.qld.gov.au/services/government-owned-businesses/current-businesses.shtml|title=Current Government-owned businesses|work=Queensland Treasury and Trade|publisher=Government of Queensland|access-date=2 September 2013|archive-date=30 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131130084516/http://www.treasury.qld.gov.au/services/government-owned-businesses/current-businesses.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> that supplies bulk water to over {{formatnum:5000}} irrigation, industry and urban customers and water consultancy services to a range of institutional clients across regional Queensland, Australia.
Sunwater was established on 1 October 2000 pursuant to the {{Cite Legislation AU|QLD|act||Government Owned Corporations Act 1993}} and the {{Cite Legislation AU|Cth|act||Corporations Act 2001}}
==Function and activities== Sunwater is responsible for the operation and maintenance of 19 major dams,<ref name=autogenerated5 /> 65 weirs,<ref name=autogenerated5 /> 80 major pumping stations<ref name=autogenerated5 /> and more than {{convert|2500|km}} of pipelines<ref name=autogenerated5 /> and open channels. Water storage infrastructure managed by Sunwater includes:
* Burdekin Falls Dam<ref name="autogenerated4">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sunwater.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/2099/SunWater_Dams_2011.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2 September 2013 |archive-date=21 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021040725/http://www.sunwater.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/2099/SunWater_Dams_2011.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Bjelke-Petersen Dam<ref name="autogenerated4" /> * Kinchant Dam<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kinchant Dam|url=https://www.sunwater.com.au/dams/kinchant-dam/|access-date=2021-02-21|website=Sunwater|language=en-AU|archive-date=16 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316014209/https://www.sunwater.com.au/dams/Kinchant-Dam/|url-status=live}}</ref> * Wuruma Dam<ref name="autogenerated4" />
Sunwater constructed, and owns and operates the Tinaroo Hydro Power Station, a mini{{endash}}hydroelectric power station at Lake Tinaroo;<ref name=autogenerated4 /> and the Paradise Mini-Hydro, a mini{{endash}}hydroelectric power station at Paradise Dam, impacted by flooding near Bundaberg in 2010.
== 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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hodge |first=Amanda |date=2 April 2003 |title=Carpentaria rivers face toxic shock from renegade fish |pages=16 |work=The Australian}}</ref>
==See also== {{Stack|{{portal|Queensland|Water}}}} * Queensland Water Commission * seqwater * Water security in Australia * Water supply and sanitation in Australia
==External links== * [http://www.sunwater.com.au/who.htm Sunwater About Page]
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