The media centre is a dedicated resource for journalists and media outlets. It provides a range of useful information including recent media releases, stock corporate images and contact details for Seqwater Corporate Relations staff.
Media releases
| 10 August 2010 |
Smart’ water quality sensor network wins iAward for CSIRO and Seqwater
A smart sensor network developed by CSIRO and Seqwater to monitor the quality of drinking water in south–east Queensland has earned one of the Australian ICT industry’s highest accolades. more...
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| 9 August 2010 |
Recreation upgrade for Ewen Maddock Dam
Seqwater’s Maddock Park and beach will undergo a major facelift ahead of summer with new facilities planned for the recreational area. Stage 1 of the improvement works are due to start on 9 August and include a new paddle craft access ramp, new toilet block and a new multi-use facility providing easy access to the board walk. more...
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| 4 August 2010 |
Harvesting works at Wappa Dam and Ewen Maddock Dam
Seqwater will begin harvesting exotic pine trees around Wappa Dam and Ewen Maddock Dam from August 9 as part of a weed control project to protect the natural vegetation. The harvesting of 14 hectares of land is expected to take three weeks to complete, depending on weather conditions. more...
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| 21 December 2009 | Be DAM smart
Seqwater has launched a community education and awareness campaign focussing on dam safety. With the slogan “Be Dam Smart” and continuing the “Safe for Life” theme, the campaign has been developed and in consultation with Queensland Police and Seqwater Rangers who will actively patrol recreational areas over the summer period. more...
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| 21 October 2009 |
Seqwater launches weir safety campaign
Seqwater today has launched a weir safety campaign to make young people aware of the dangers of swimming in fast flowing water and weirs as part of National Water Week (18–24 October 2009). more...
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| 15 October 2009 | Recreation access to Hinze Dam temporarily closed
Recreation access to Hinze Dam has been closed temporarily as a precaution following water quality sampling by Seqwater. Hinze Dam is now closed to water-based activities including boating, fishing, canoeing and kayaking until further notice. more…
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| 12 October 2009 | Clay core cracked as Hinze Dam upgrade reaches major milestone
The Hinze Stage 3 project has now reached its key milestone with the opening of the central clay core. The preparation work has now been completed and the Hinze Dam Alliance is now ready to commence building the 15 metre high extension. Acting State Premier Paul Lucas and Minister for Natural Resources, Mines & Energy Stephen Robertson toured the facility with Seqwater Chairman Phil Hennessey and CEO Peter Borrows. more...
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| 22 September 2009 | A future water leader in the making
Sunshine Coast high school student Kym Wittholz is set to take on the nation’s brightest as the inaugural winner of the Seqwater Future Water Leaders School Challenge. She will now compete to be the Australian entrant for the International Stockholm Junior Water Prize in Sweden in August 2010. more…
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| 15 September 2009 | Seqwater committed to koala conservation As part of Save the Koala month, Seqwater is planting more than 2,500 koala fodder trees near North Pine Dam. more...
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| 8 September 2009 | A better way of managing recreation around SEQ dams
A framework to better manage South East Queensland’s dams and catchments for recreation has today been released for public comment. more…
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| 21 August 2009 | Seqwater launches water education competition A new water competition for South East Queensland schools is set to inspire our future water managers, engineers and planners. The Seqwater Up a Dry Gully competition will challenge students to identify how water can be delivered to a community now and into the future against changing climate conditions and growing population. more...
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| 20 August 2009 | Federal funding to improve monitoring work
Seqwater has been successful in gaining just over $440,000 in Commonwealth funding to improve hydrological monitoring work across the region’s streams and storages. more…
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| 19 May 2009 |
Seqwater improves water quality monitoring at Lake Baroon
Seqwater is installing a Vertical Profiling System (VPS), a wireless real time water quality data collection and early warning system, in Lake Baroon. more...
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| 1 May 2009 | Improvements to Kilcoy drinking water supply
Seqwater would like to advise local residents that the Kilcoy water treatment plant is undergoing essential maintenance to improve its reliability and performance. more…
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| 8 April 2009 | Fighting weeds with weevils Aquatic weed outbreaks in some of south east Queensland’s dams are proving no match for the humble weevil as a result of a biological control program co-ordinated by Seqwater more… |
| 5 April 2009 | Seqwater dams hit 50% The combined capacity of Wivenhoe, Somerset and North Pine dams has reached 50%. more… |
| 17 March 2009 | Seqwater catchment is croaking An innovative frog monitoring program being undertaken by Seqwater has revealed one of south-east Queensland’s catchments is croaking with some of Australia’s endangered amphibians. more… |
Media enquiries
There is now a single point of contact for all media enquiries regarding Water Grid-wide operations, including Seqwater operations. For all media enquiries regarding the SEQ Water Grid contact the SEQ Water Grid Communications Team on:
Phone (07) 3247 3000
Email: media@seqwgm.qld.gov.au