In the News
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
Featured News ArticleEleven 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
Featured News ArticleConstruction 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.
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Unitywater grows investment portfolio with pipe tech acquisition
6 September 2023
Featured News ArticleContinuing the growth of its commercial investment portfolio, Unitywater has this month acquired a minority stake in Australian business Detection Services Group.
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Unitywater to help Stanthorpe save water and dollars in new leak detection trial
22 August 2023
Featured News ArticleA 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.
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Unitywater scholarship recipients set for a bright future
24 July 2023
Featured News Article“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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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).
