{{Short description|Water company in Queensland}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox government agency | agency_name = WaterSecure | type = Statutory authority | nativename = Queensland Manufactured Water Authority | nativename_a = | nativename_r = | logo = WSLogoTagline_RGB_LR.jpg | logo_width = | logo_caption = | seal = | seal_width = | seal_caption = | picture = | picture_width = 250 | picture_caption = | formed = | preceding1 = | preceding2 = | preceding3 = <!-- (etc.) --> | dissolved = | superseding = | jurisdiction = South East Queensland | headquarters = Level 2, 95 North Quay, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | coordinates = <!--{{coord|LATITUDE|LONGITUDE|type:landmark_region:US|display=inline,title}}--> | motto = ''A new source of pure water'' | employees = | budget = | prime_minister_name = | minister1_name = | minister1_pfo = | minister2_name = | minister2_pfo = <!-- (etc.) --> | deputyminister1_name = | deputyminister1_pfo = | deputyminister2_name = | deputyminister2_pfo = <!-- (etc.) --> | chief1_name = | chief1_position = | chief2_name = | chief2_position = CEO <!-- (etc.) --> | director_general = | agency_type = | parent_department = Department of Energy and Water Supply | parent_agency = | child1_agency = | child2_agency = <!-- (etc.) --> | keydocument1 = {{Cite Legislation AU|QLD|act||South East Queensland Water (Restructuring) Act 2007}} <!-- (etc.) --> | website = | footnotes = | map = | map_width = | map_caption = }}

'''WaterSecure''', the trading name of the '''Queensland Manufactured Water Authority''', was a statutory authority of the Government of Queensland that supplied water to the South East Queensland region of Australia through its desalination plant and a water recycling scheme, the Western Corridor Recycled Water scheme. WaterSecure was merged with Seqwater on 1 July 2011.<ref>[https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/S/SouthEQWR11.pdf South East Queensland Water (Restructuring) Regulation 2011] See Part 4 and commencement date in Endnote 5.</ref>

==Function and activities== The Gold Coast Desalination Plant was the first large-scale desalination plant on Australia's eastern seaboard. The plant has the capacity to supply up to 125&nbsp;megalitres a day of drinking water (45 GL/year).

The Western Corridor Recycled Water scheme provides purified water to Swanbank Power Station and Tarong Power Station<ref>[http://watersecure.com.au/images/stories/media_releases/091020_AWAQ_award.pdf Water recycling project wins prestigious environment award]. Media Release.</ref> with the capacity to supply industry and agriculture.

==See also== {{stack|{{Portal|Queensland|Water}}}} * Queensland Water Commission * Seawater desalination in Australia * Water security in Australia * Water supply and sanitation in Australia

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==External links== * [http://www.seqwater.com.au Seqwater] * [http://www.globalwaterawards.com/2009.html Global Water Awards 2009]

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Category:Water companies of Queensland Category:Water management in Queensland Category:Government agencies of Queensland Category:South East Queensland

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