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7 June 2023

Unitywater celebrates commitment to sustainability this World Environment Day

Unitywater is demonstrating its commitment to the environment with the launch of its Environmental Sustainability Plan later this year. The utility announced the development of the plan with a staff clean-up event at Cotton Tree on World Environment Day (Monday 5 June).

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  • Community grants lend a helping hand

    14 November 2023

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    Eleven community groups across Moreton Bay, Noosa and the Sunshine Coast have benefited from Unitywater’s annual Community Grants program that provides funding to grassroots initiatives that support environmental outcomes, as well as supporting programs that help with issues faced by our community.

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  • First pipes arrive for Aura and Harmony Program

    18 September 2023

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    Construction crews on Unitywater’s large Aura and Harmony Trunk Infrastructure Program have marked a major milestone, with the first of more than 27 kilometres of large-scale water and wastewater pipes delivered to the site on the Sunshine Coast.

  • Unitywater grows investment portfolio with pipe tech acquisition

    6 September 2023

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    Continuing the growth of its commercial investment portfolio, Unitywater has this month acquired a minority stake in Australian business Detection Services Group.

  • Unitywater to help Stanthorpe save water and dollars in new leak detection trial

    22 August 2023

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    A program that has saved South East Queensland water utility Unitywater $35 million and 11 billion litres of water in the last decade is being implemented in Stanthorpe.

  • Unitywater scholarship recipients set for a bright future

    24 July 2023

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    “Mum life, work, study, repeat” is Mel Farmer’s mantra. She’s one of three talented University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) students who have received a helping hand towards their future through a Unitywater scholarship.

Media Releases

  • 17 October 2023

    Unitywater creating a greener future with $8M Caboolture River Rehabilitation Project

    The $8M Caboolture River Rehabilitation Project, delivered with partners Healthy Land & Water, Trask Land Corporation and North Harbour Holdings has approached a major milestone with the completion of the first stage of what will be one of Australia’s largest nutrient offsetting river rehabilitation projects in an estuarine environment.

  • 12 October 2023

    Yandina Creek Wetland a natural success story

    Seven years ago, Unitywater purchased two lots of former cane farming land on River Road, Maroochy River as part of a larger program to improve the health of the rivers and creeks in the region.

  • 12 October 2023

    Oysters improving water quality in Pine River reaches next milestone

    The first 40 Robust Oyster Baskets (ROBs) have been installed in the upper estuarine reaches of the Pine River downstream of Unitywater's Murrumba Downs Wastewater Treatment Plant. 

  • 7 June 2023

    Unitywater celebrates commitment to sustainability this World Environment Day

    Unitywater is demonstrating its commitment to the environment with the launch of its Environmental Sustainability Plan later this year. The utility announced the development of the plan with a staff clean-up event at Cotton Tree on World Environment Day (Monday 5 June).

  • 6 March 2023

    Celebrating local women in STEM on International Womens Day

    As part of International Women’s Day (IWD), Unitywater’s CEO Anna Jackson, Noosa Shire Mayor, Clare Stewart, CEO of Sunshine Coast Council, Emma Thomas and Moreton Bay Regional Council Deputy Mayor, Jodie Shipway unite to shine a spotlight on women in our region in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

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