# SunWater

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{{Short description|Water company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox company
| name             = Sunwater 
| logo             = SunWater logo.png
| type             = [Government-owned corporation](/source/Government-owned_corporation)
| predecessor      = 
| successor        = 
| founder          = 
| defunct          = 
| fate             = 
| area_served      = [Queensland](/source/Queensland) 
| key_people       = 
| industry         = [Water resources](/source/Water_resources) 
| genre            = 
| products         = Water 
| services         = From designing and building dams, managing and operating infrastructure 
| operating_income = 
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| assets           = {{AUD}}10 billion 
| equity           = 
| owner            = 
| num_employees    = 
| parent           = [Government of Queensland](/source/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>
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| location_city    = [Brisbane](/source/Brisbane) 
| location_country = [Australia](/source/Australia) 
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}}

'''Sunwater''' is a [Queensland Government](/source/Government_of_Queensland)[-owned statutory corporation](/source/Government-owned_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](/source/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](/source/water_supply) to over {{formatnum:5000}} irrigation, industry and urban customers and water consultancy services to a range of institutional clients across regional [Queensland](/source/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 [dam](/source/dam)s,<ref name=autogenerated5 /> 65 [weir](/source/weir)s,<ref name=autogenerated5 /> 80 major [pumping station](/source/pumping_station)s<ref name=autogenerated5 /> and more than {{convert|2500|km}} of [pipelines](/source/Pipeline_transport)<ref name=autogenerated5 /> and open channels. Water storage infrastructure managed by Sunwater includes:

* [Burdekin Falls Dam](/source/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](/source/Bjelke-Petersen_Dam)<ref name="autogenerated4" />
* [Kinchant Dam](/source/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](/source/Wuruma_Dam)<ref name="autogenerated4" />

Sunwater constructed, and owns and operates the [Tinaroo Hydro Power Station](/source/Tinaroo_Hydro_Power_Station), a mini{{endash}}[hydroelectric](/source/hydroelectric) [power station](/source/power_station) at [Lake Tinaroo](/source/Lake_Tinaroo);<ref name=autogenerated4 /> and the Paradise Mini-Hydro, a mini{{endash}}hydroelectric power station at [Paradise Dam](/source/Paradise_Dam_(Queensland)), impacted by flooding near [Bundaberg](/source/Bundaberg) in 2010.

== History ==
In 2003, there was a project underway to prevent interbasin transfer of the invasive fish species, [Mozambique tilapia](/source/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](/source/The_Australian)}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Stack|{{portal|Queensland|Water}}}}
* [Queensland Water Commission](/source/Queensland_Water_Commission)
* [seqwater](/source/seqwater)
* [Water security in Australia](/source/Water_security_in_Australia)
* [Water supply and sanitation in Australia](/source/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Australia)

==External links==
* [http://www.sunwater.com.au/who.htm Sunwater About Page]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{WaterQueensland |state=autocollapse}}

Category:Water companies of Queensland
Category:Government-owned companies of Queensland

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