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Northern Pipeline Inter-connector Project - Stage 1

Project overview*

EIS status Approved with conditions
Description A 47-kilometre, bi-directional water pipeline that, together with the second stage of the pipeline, can transport up to 65 megalitres of water per day from the Sunshine Coast to Brisbane, or the other way.
Proponent Southern Regional Water Pipeline Company Pty Ltd (trading as LinkWater Projects)
Location/s Landers Shute Water Treatment Plant, Eudlo, to Morayfield Reservoirs. Map
Local government/s
  • Moreton Bay Regional Council
  • Sunshine Coast Regional Council
Key features
  • largely underground water pipeline
  • pump stations
  • balance tanks

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.

Completion of project

The project was completed in December 2008.

Key environmental impact statement (EIS) documents

Project change

Following the release of the Coordinator-General's report on the EIS, the project proponent applied for a change to the project, which was approved by the Coordinator-General.

Further information

For further information, visit LinkWater Projects' Northern Pipeline Interconnector - Stage 1 web page.

Related links

Last updated: 09 Nov 2021