A range of consultants were engaged to provide advice about aspects of the Strategy. This advice was taken into account during the development of the draft Strategy.

Copies of the reports are available below.

Please note that these reports are advice to the Commission and do not necessarily reflect Commission or Government policy. Some of the reports are also out of date, especially in relation to cost estimates prepared in 2006.

• Demand forecasts and options

  • Customer side source substitution (Nov 2006) (PDF, 988KB)
  • Customer water use efficiency (Jan 2006) (PDF, 824KB)
  • Draft regional water demand management strategy (Jan 2007) (PDF, 2.27MB)
  • Policy and legislative barriers to IUWM (May 2006) (PDF, 514KB)
  • Pressure and leakage management_Business models discussion paper (Dec 2005) (PDF, 590KB)
  • Pressure and leakage management_Technical and economic report (Jan 2006) (PDF, 3.69MB)
  • Rainwater tank modelling (Jan 2006) (PDF, 153KB)
  • Regional water needs and IUWM (Jan 2007) (PDF, 1.76MB)
  • Urban water use study of SEQ (Nov 2005) (PDF, 403KB)
  • Water accounting framework and systems review (Nov 2006) (PDF, 2.42MB)

• Desktop review of identified dam and weir sites

  • Exec Summary and Sections 1 to 3 (PDF, 477KB)
  • Section 3-1 Cedar Grove (PDF, 4.47MB)
  • Section 3-2 Tilleys Bridge (PDF, 6.92MB)
  • Section 3-3 Wyaralong (PDF, 17.30MB)
  • Section 3-4 Glendower (PDF, 3.MB)
  • Section 3-5 Coomera (PDF, 3.07MB)
  • Section 3-6 Hinze Dam Raise (PDF, 6.93MB)
  • Section 3-7 Hinze Harvesting (PDF, 10.33MB)
  • Section 3-8 Zillmans Crossing (PDF, 3.72MB)
  • Section 3-9 Wappa Dam Raise (PDF, 7.37MB)
  • Section 3-10 Amamoor (PDF, 10MB)
  • Section 3-11 Cambroon (PDF,
  • Section 3-12 Borumba Dam Raise (PDF, 6.25MB)
  • Section 3-13 Kidaman (PDF, 4.8MB)
  • Section 3-14 Traveston (PDF, 2.54MB)
  • Section 3-15 Wivenhoe (PDF, 2.87MB)
  • Section 4 and 5 (PDF, 64KB)
  • Signed last page (PDF, 111KB)
  • Appendix A (PDF, 3.64MB)

• Desalination investigations

  • Additional assessment of prospective desalination outfall sites (July 2007) PART A (PDF, 12.5MB)
    
  • Additional assessment of prospective desalination outfall sites (July 2007) PART B (PDF, 200KB)
  • Additional assessment of prospective desalination outfall sites (July 2007) PART C (PDF, 9MB)
  • Desalination technology review (June 2006) (PDF, 2.7MB)
  • Determination of size of possible desalination plants (June 2006) (PDF, 1.15MB)
  • Hydrodynamic and water quality modelling study (June 2006) PART A (PDF, 5.4MB)
  • Hydrodynamic and water quality modelling study (June 2006) PART B (PDF, 330KB)
  • Hydrodynamic and water quality modelling study (June 2006) PART C (PDF, 253KB)
  • Hydrodynamic and water quality modelling study (June 2006) PART D (PDF, 129KB)
  • Hydrodynamic and water quality modelling study (June 2006) PART E (PDF, 4.33MB)
  • Hydrodynamic and water quality modelling study (June 2006) PART F (PDF, 358KB)
  • Hydrodynamic and water quality modelling study (June 2006) PART G (PDF, 4.36MB)
  • Hydrodynamic and water quality modelling study (June 2006) PART H (PDF, 5.47MB)
  • Infrastructure report (June 2006) PART A (PDF, 1.95MB)
  • Infrastructure report (June 2006) PART B (PDF, 9.5MB)
  • Infrastructure report (June 2006) PART C (PDF, 734
  • Interim summary report (June 2006) (PDF, 4.46MB)
  • Investigation and preliminary ranking of sites (December 2007) PART A (PDF, 8.31MB)
  • Investigation and preliminary ranking of sites (December 2007) PART B (PDF, 7.54MB)
  • Multi criteria assessment (June 2006) - PART A (PDF, 3.95MB)
  • Multi criteria assessment (June 2006) - PART B (PDF, 7.36MB)
  • Multi criteria assessment (June 2006) - PART C (PDF, 6.68)
  • Multi criteria assessment (June 2006) - PART D (PDF, 1.21MB)
  • Multi criteria Assessment - North Coast (June 2006) (PDF, 42.79MB)
  • Statement of consultation issues (June 2006) (PDF, 1.13MB)

• Groundwater investigations

  • Draft Bribie Island report (Sept 2005) (PDF, 4MB)
  • Draft coastal sand masses report_Brisbane to NSW (Oct 2005) (PDF, 2.5MB)
  • Draft coastal sand masses report_Caloundra to Brisbane (Oct 2005) (PDF, 1.18MB)
  • Draft coastal sand masses report_Mary River to Tin Can Bay (Oct 2005) (PDF, 470KB)
  • Draft coastal sand masses report_Noosa to Peregian (Oct 2005) (PDF, 632KB)
  • Draft coastal sand masses report_Peregian to Caloundra (Oct 2005) (PDF, 662KB)
  • Draft Cooloola-Teewah sandmass report (Feb 2006) (PDF, 5.33MB)
  • Draft Moreton Island report (Aug 2005) (PDF, 13.69MB)
  • Draft North Stradbroke Island report_Additional supplementary groundwater modelling (Oct 2005) (PDF, 9.2MB)
  • Draft North Stradbroke Island report_Supplementary groundwater modelling (Sept 2005) (PDF, 1.17MB)
  • Draft preliminary scoping report (May 2006) (PDF, 1.27MB)
  • Progress report SEQ potential groundwater resources (Feb 2006) (PDF, 2.91MB)

• Alternative supplies investigations

  • Bulk Supply Task Group (Nov 2006) (PDF, 413KB)
  • Bulk water supply network model report (Aug 2006) (PDF, 34.13MB)
  • Recycled water supply options_Preliminary costs (June 2006) (PDF, 5.93MB)
  • Review of use of stormwater and recycled water as alternative water sources (June 2006) (PDF, 2.24MB)
  • Provision of contingency storage in Wivenhoe and Somerset Dams (March 2007) (PDF, 661KB)
  • Use of PRW in SEQ (March 2008) (PDF, 1.32KB)

• Water balance

  • Draft regional contingency plan (Sept 2006) (PDF, 801KB)
  • Framework for analysing surface water avilability in SEQ (Sept 2005) (PDF, 251KB)
  • Levels of Service discussion paper (May 2007) (PDF, 655KB)
  • Water Availability and Entitlements Task Group_Final Report (Oct 2006) (PDF, 571KB)
  • Water balance methodology discussion paper (March 2006) (PDF, 371KB)
  • Energy consumption discussion paper (PDF, 380KB)

• Rural water

  • Draft rural water supply strategy (Aug 2006) (PDF, 5.22MB)
  • Irrigated agriculture in SEQ (May 2006) (PDF, 1 MB)
  • Rural Water Task Group Final report (Nov 2006) (PDF, 420KB)

• Economic assessments

  • Commercial water use in SEQ (May 2007 report to QWI) (PDF, 1MB)
  • Economic cost of water restrictions in SEQ (Oct 2006) (PDF, 480KB)
  • Economic valuation of water reliability (April 2007 report to QWI) (PDF, 544KB)
  • Impact of restricted water supply on SEQ (June 2006 report to QWI) (PDF, 272KB)
  • Willingness to pay for increased reliability of water supply (April 2007, report to QWI) (PDF, 708KB)