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Gold Coast desalination plant at Tugun may triple in size

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:00:00

The State Government is planning to triple the size of its troubled $1.2 billion Gold Coast desalination plant so it can scrap proposed plants in voter hotspots Bribie Island, Lytton and Marcoola. Almost four years after work began on the…

Bribie Island or Marcoola; desalination site kept secret

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00

The Bligh Government is sitting on a high-level report identifying the location of the second-wave of desalination plants planned for Queensland. The report, completed months ago, reveals which of two environmentally sensitive sites at Bribie Island or Marcoola on the…

$1.2b Gold Coast desalination plant a dud

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00

Rusting pipework, cracking concrete, faulty valves and leaching of contaminants from a rubbish dump on which the plant was built are among several serious defects revealed in a report to be given to the Government today. The Government is refusing…

Corrosion hits Tugun desalination plant

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:00:00

Just two months after the taps were finally turned on, the State Government’s $1.2 billion desalination plant will be shut down for five weeks for repairs. The plant at Tugun on the Gold Coast has been besieged with problems, and…

Anna Bligh delays Gold Coast desalination plant operation

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00

There will be less water to splash around after the State Government broke its promise to have the Gold Coast desalination plant operational on Sunday. Instead, Premier Anna Bligh gave contradictory statements about why the plant would not be operational…

Water recycling backflip means no respite from restrictions

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00

Southeast Queensland residents could be denied respite from water restrictions because of the Government’s reluctance to use recycled water. Advice from the Queensland Water Commission, released in State Parliament yesterday, warned that the chance of dam levels reaching the 60…

Tugun desalination project inquiry starts

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00

In what has been branded a farce, the state’s Public Works Committee has launched the inquiry less than six months before the Tugun plant is due to begin pumping its first drinkable water. State MPs, who earn up to $15,000…

Clouds fail to deliver rain

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:00:00

As forecast thunderstorms again failed to materialise at the weekend, new figures show the region in 2007 received only half the average yearly rainfall recorded in the past decade. The past seven years have been the driest since the infamous…

Rain lifts spirits up a level

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:00:00

More rain this week for southeast Queensland say the forecasts, although not enough to break the drought warns the Queensland Water Commission. But still, the very sound of rain falling on the roof and gurgling through downpipes is good for…

$1.1b for our desal 'triples' WA price

Sat, 05 May 2007 00:00:00

Western Australia paid only $367 million for a desalination plant producing the same amount of water as Queensland’s $1.12 billion Tugun facility. And Queensland could have struck a similar deal if it had started the project earlier, desalination engineer Gary…

Residential tower has own desal

Fri, 04 May 2007 00:00:00

A new residential tower under construction at Southport will be the first highrise on the Gold Coast to house its own desalination plant. In an effort to be at the forefront of water conservation the second tower in the Raptis…

Towns face drought death blow

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:00:00

Two towns on the Darling Downs face evacuation because they have almost run out of water and cannot afford to indefinitely cart supplies. Senior state bureaucrats have discussed the possibility of moving residents from Leyburn, population 200, and Killarney, home…