Why here?
Demand, the area is one of the fastest growing regions in all of Australia and water utility infrastructure is needed in order to manage the water availability to the community as the population and water consumption increases.
The targeted acquisition of this corridor of land enables bulk water availability for the public network and net-zero environmental sustainability.
The project owner has a mandate not to reduce clean drinking water availability to the broader community. This project does not reduce water availability from the existing dams that currently supply clean treated drinking water in the SEQ Water Grid.
The site is of sufficient area that recharging of the aquifer can be done through managing the storage and reinjection of rainwater and through natural stormwater run off without affecting the aquifer or waterways. All localized natural drainage aligns strictly with the existing geographic watershed contours, guaranteeing zero downstream runoff impact on neighboring zones
The water extracted and polished from this site is highly valued by local industry, but can also be used to increase bulk water availability for general use by the public in the SEQ Water Grid.
The site is not adjacent to major sources of water contamination, such as industrial outfalls or seawater. In fact the surrounding pine plantation acts as a sink that helps to remove contaminants from the ground water.
The site for the bores and water polishing is buffered by the pine plantation and not adjacent to residential areas.
The existing pine plantation grows highly modified hybrid Southern Pine trees that originate from the USA and Southern America. They are not natives and are of low environmental value, but the soft timber is used for low cost building timber and the pine plantation is clear felled regularly under existing permitted uses. Alternative sites have been found and offered to the plantation owner to offset this timber production by 150%.
The Hennessey Mountain Bike trail is protected by the project covenants and it's community use is supported and encouraged.
There is electricity capacity available from the Powerlink transmission easement that runs through the site.
Negative community impacts are negligible, but community benefits are high.
The project increases water availability by 8GL per annum and it offsets timber supply from the site by 150%.
All bores are located within the property boundaries and are inset from the boundary perimeter, community bike trail, parking and access areas. This means that no offsets or buffers are needed in the surrounding area or the community bike trail.
The project is what is known as a Self-Contained Infrastructure Buffer Model. All buffer zones are within the property boundaries.
Site access is directly from the main road. The Beerburrum-Woodford Rd.
