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A “vital” new report aims to unlock water supplies to boost economic growth across the Mackay Whitsunday Isaac region.
Greater Whitsunday Alliance has released its Regional Water Strategy to identify the value of existing assets and pinpoint new ways to tap into water to ensure long-term economic security.
GW3 chief executive officer Kylie Porter said the strategy was “vital” to understand how constraints to accessing water were impacting development opportunities.
“The MIW Regional Water Strategy quantifies both regional water assets, and the current and future demand for water and provides a blueprint for leveraging these assets to secure our region’s economic future,” Ms Porter said.
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The proponent behind a “nation-building” Mackay region water scheme says the project will deliver at least a $2 return to taxpayers for every $1 the government invests in it.
Bowen River Utilities recently completed the draft detailed business case for the water scheme supporting Urannah Dam’s construction.
BRU is currently consulting with stakeholders on the findings before publicly releasing the final draft business case later this month.
The draft business case supports building the 970,000 megalitre dam, which is set to deliver an annual yield of 103,000 megalitres of high priority water.
BRU said the project’s new pipeline to Moranbah would deliver reliable water to customers in the Bowen Basin and a pipeline corridor to Peter Faust Dam would future-proof water security for the Whitsunday region.