Noosa News
Recycled water back in the pipeline in new push for Wivenhoe water grid
Friday April 23, 2021
The Lockyer Valley region, regarded as Australia’s “salad bowl”, plans to supercharge its agricultural and horticultural industries using a 300km network of pipelines connected to south-east Queensland’s existing water grid.
However, the project relies on the recommissioning of the mothballed Western Corridor Recycled Water Scheme, which was built to supply the Wivenhoe with purified recycled water to boost urban supplies. The project found substantial opposition over community concerns about mixing recycled sewerage water with the area’s primary water…
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