qldwater Members

qldwater members are registered urban Service Providers in Queensland. Members are local government service providers, local government owned corporations, category 1 water boards, and local government-owned statutory authorities.

In 2011/12 our members included:

  • 2 of 2 Torres Island council Service Providers, >
  • 11 of 15 Aboriginal council Service Providers,
  • 45 of 45 (non-indigenous) council Service Providers,
  • 1 of 1 council-owned Water Corporations,
  • 2 of 3 council-owned statutory authorities in SEQ,
  • 1 of 2 Category 1 Water Boards, 
  • 3 of 10 SEQ councils. 

or a total of 65 members involved in the urban water industry. Our members are government-owned urban water entities and within this category represent:

  • 9 of 10 large (>25,000 connections) utilities,
  • 27 of 27 medium (1000-25,000 connections) utilities, and
  • 25 of 29 small (<1000 connections) utilities.

qldwater works closely with Sunwater, SEQ Water, and the SEQ Grid Manager through the Water Industry Skills Formation Strategy and Water Skills Partnership.

Benefits of membership

Benefits for members of qldwater are listed here and include:

  • industry representation,
  • support in technical and operational issues,
  • improved technical representation in policy formulation through LGAQ,
  • stronger technical input to State and Commonwealth Government,
  • standard documentation,
  • streamlined reporting and planning, 
  • minimising duplication by members (methodologies, procedures, etc.), and 
  • improving cooperation among Service Providers and facilitating regional collaboration,
  • benchmarking and best practice
  • training and capacity building
  • links to other industry members and national and other jurisdictions
  • free access to our publications, downloads and the members-only website
  • access to the 'Ask an Expert' web forums.
e-Flash Updates
  1. Water Industry Workforce Composition Snapshot Published Heather Gold 18-Jun-2013
  2. New Water Skills Partnership Members 2013/14 Heather Gold 18-Jun-2013
  3. Origin Goes Pear Shaped Heather Gold 07-Jun-2013
  4. SWIM Update Heather Gold 07-Jun-2013
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