To support our commitment to a safe, sustainable and efficient SEQ Water Grid, Seqwater is investing $45 million to upgrade the filters and associated infrastructure at the Mt Crosby East Bank Water Treatment Plant. This work has been ongoing since late 2019.

To further progress this important upgrade work, from Monday 2 August 2021, Seqwater will be undertaking night works at the plant. Contractors will be working in two shifts, which is expected to last for one month.  

What to expect:

• Work times will be from 6am to 3am, in two shifts. This means Seqwater employees and contractors arriving at site before 6am and leaving after 3am, creating an increase in traffic.
• There will be no power tools, truck or crane movements during this period. There will however be some background construction noise.
• There will be no impact to your water supply.

Thank you for your patience and understanding. If you have any questions or concerns about this work, please contact us: 

• online www.seqwater.com.au/contact-us
• email [email protected]
• phone 1300 737 928

The filtration upgrade at the Mt Crosby East Bank Water Treatment Plant in Ipswich, to replace 20 sand filters that help purify the region’s drinking water, is almost 50 per cent complete.

The Mt Crosby water treatment plants, consisting out of East Bank and West Bank, are critical to the operation of the SEQ Water Grid and provide more than half of Brisbane and Ipswich’s daily water supply.

The project is delivering major improvements to the plant’s filter design and controls. Work will significantly improve the plant’s ability to maintain water supply during extreme rain events and flooding to further improve the water supply security of our region.

The project is being staged to ensure water supply is maintained.

In total, 20 filters at the plant require refurbishment which will be completed in five stages. The first year of construction has been completed on time and nine refurbished filters have successfully returned into service.

Taking filters offline has resulted in reduced production at East Bank, so Seqwater has been using the SEQ Water Grid and other treatment plants across the region to help supplement drinking water supply during the project.

The upgrade work will help the plant be more able to treat water with high levels of turbidity or sediment which can result from extreme rainfall events across the Wivenhoe catchment washing soil and debris into the creeks and waterways.

This project marks the first time the sand filters have been replaced since they were progressively installed over 20 years from 1948. The new filters are expected to be in use until about 2070. 

Work to upgrade the essential East Bank Water Treatment Plant at Mt Crosby is progressing. We are investing $45 million to upgrade the treatment plant which is a critical part of the SEQ Water Grid.

To complete the upgrade and get the plant back to full service, Seqwater and our contractors need to begin night work. This will start Monday 8 June 2020 and continue through to early September 2020. 

We recognise the impact night work can have and we thank you for your patience during this essential upgrade.

To minimise noise and other impacts, our contractors will focus on quieter tasks during night shift, working within treatment plant buildings. Noisier work such as concrete drilling or truck deliveries will be performed during day work hours. 

What to expect:

• Night work is scheduled to occur Monday to Friday from 6:00 pm to 2:00 am. 
• Day work is scheduled to be performed from Monday to Saturday from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm.
• Vehicles will enter the site at the start and end of shifts 
• No noisy power tools, truck or mobile crane movements will occur during night shift. 
• There will be no impact to your water supply.

If you have any questions or concerns about this work, please contact our Community Relations Advisor, Kirsty on 0466 482 309 or [email protected]. 

Thank you for your patience as we work to upgrade this critical water infrastructure.