Gold Coast Desalination Plant

Project overview*

Project status	Completed February 2009
Description	The plant removes dissolved salts and other minerals from seawater to produce up to 133 megalitres a day of drinking water
Proponent	Watersecure
Location/s	Tugun
Local government/s	Gold Coast City Council
Key features	desalination plant marine intake and outlet tunnels connected to the SEQ water grid

Compliance report

In July 2009, Watersecure commissioned a report to ensure construction compliance with the project brief and related matters for the Gold Coast Desalination Plant. The result of the report was that additional work was undertaken by the constructor to ensure the plant’s durability complied with design requirements.

Download the Gold Coast Desalination Report Compliance Report (PDF, 173 KB).

Further information

For more information, visit the Seqwater website.

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.