Quick statistics

To give you an idea of what we are managing, here are some quick statistics you might find interesting:

Unitywater began operations on 1 July 2010 and currently employs 876 full-time employees.
Unitywater currently operates in one of the fastest growing regions of Australia, providing essential water supply and sewerage services to 16.3% of Queensland’s population
The population in Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay regions is expected to grow from approximately 750,000 in 2012 to more than 1.04 million by 2031
Unitywater services:

Approximately 285,000 water supply and sewerage customer accounts servicing a population of approximately 670,000
Approximately 2,800 trade waste customers* (*customers that release non-household waste into the sewerage network)
Approximately 3,400 sundry customers* (*Sundry includes metered hydrant standpipes, fixed fill standpipes, laboratory testing charges, and damage to Unitywater infrastructure, property leases, plus miscellaneous charges)
291,000 total customer accounts

Unitywater operates and maintains more than $2.7 billion of essential service infrastructure, supplying water and sewerage services to residential and business customers spread across 5223 sq km, including:

invested $171.5 million in critical water, sewerage and support infrastructure projects to maintain our service standards
completed major project upgrades valued at $24 million
invested $21.5 million in maintaining and renewing existing water supply and sewerage infrastructure.

Unitywater is investing over $600 million in water supply and sewerage infrastructure for our community in 2012/13-2016/17.

Approximately one pool in every 20 has a leak! Even a minor leak can result in a major water loss. Under pressure a tiny leak can lose more than 3000 litres a day.