18 September 2007 - The next component of the $9 billion South East Queensland Water Grid is underway with work on the Bromelton Off-Stream Storage facility near Beaudesert last night moving to a 24-hour, six-day-a-week schedule.
The Bromelton facility adjacent to the Logan River will work in conjunction with the proposed Wyaralong Dam and the Cedar Grove Weir. It provides the ability to store water after major rainfall events, which can be released back into Logan River and ultimately Cedar Grove Weir when flows are slow.
Working in conjunction with the Wyaralong Dam and Cedar Grove Weir, the combined facilities will yield 26,000 million litres of drinking water a year. The Bromelton Offstream Storage facility will deliver up to 5,000 million litres of drinking water a year and will improve reliability of the Logan River Water Supply Scheme if drought hits again.
As well helping to drought-proof South East Queensland, the project will ensure the growth corridor would cope with urban and industrial development over coming decades.
Workers have been pushing more than 11,000 cubic metres of dirt around a day for about three weeks. The project is now stepping up the pace and will go from having 50 workers on site to over 70 and they will be moving about 16,000 cubic metres a day.
It will mean the end of uncertainty for the Beaudesert region. The project is an insurance policy that will ensure consistent flows downstream, from where water will be distributed to Beaudesert and ultimately into the Water Grid from Cedar Grove.
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