Northern Pipeline Interconnector - Stage 2

Project overview*

Project status	Recommended project proceed subject to conditions and recommendations
Description	A 48-kilometre, bi-directional water pipeline that, together with the first 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 the Noosa Water Treatment Plant, near Cooroy.
Local government/s	Sunshine Coast Regional Council
Key features	30-metre-wide pipeline corridor largely underground waterpipeline five pump stations one balance tank two water-quality-boosting facilities

Completion of project

The project has been completed and is operational

Environmental impact statement process

Date	Activity
19 July 2011	Coordinator-General's conclusion of the change report of July 2010 (PDF 851 KB) released.
27 January 2011	Proponent's project change application withdrawn. Letter from LinkWater Projects CEO to Coordinator-General (PDF 38.4 KB)
22 July 2010	Coordinator-General's report on project change (PDF, 291 KB) released.
29 April 2010	Proponent's project change application submitted Change report - Waterway crossing methodology (PDF, 2.33 MB) Change report appendices (PDF, 121 KB) Cover letter from LinkWater Projects CEO to Coordinator-General (PDF, 3.68 MB)
12 February 2010	Federal environment minister's approval of 'controlled action', subject to conditions.
6 November 2009	Coordinator-General's report on EIS (PDF, 2.54 MB) released.
10 August 2009 to September 2009	Public consultation on supplementary EIS. Comments were invited from: members of public who made submissions on the EIS surrounding property owners advisory agencies.
17 January 2009 to 9 March 2009	Public consultation on EIS EIS - Executive summary (PDF, 1.18 MB) Complete EIS (PDF, 7.39 MB)
9 January 2008	Terms of reference for EIS (PDF, 481 KB) released.
3 November 2007 to 5 December 2007	Public consultation on draft terms of reference for EIS.
24 October 2007	Project deemed a 'controlled action' by federal environment minister.
5 September 2007	Project referred to federal environment minister.
21 September 2007	Gazettal of 'significant project' declaration.
7 September 2007	Application, including initial advice statement (PDF, 550 KB), submitted.

Application withdrawn

In July 2011 LinkWater Projects withdrew its project change application due to the unprecedented wet season in 2010-11, which significantly altered the physical landscape and created a negative project risk.

The proponent reverted to the construction requirements as originally detailed in Condition 5 of the Coordinator-General's report on the EIS.

Media releases

Northern Pipeline Interconnector stage two approved (12 February 2010)
Pipeline sticks to existing easement (21 August 2008)
Pipeline built by 2011 (12 July 2008)

Further information

For more information, visit the LinkWater Projects' Northern Pipeline Interconnector - Stage 2 web page.