Brisbane taps new water source ...

Excerpt from ABC News:

New Brisbane water source comes on line

28 June 2007

The first new source of drinking water for Brisbane in more than 20 years will come on line today.

It is expected the Sunnybank Water Treatment Plant will add about 2.5 million litres of treated groundwater to the water supply each day.

Lord Mayor Campbell Newman says the plant treats groundwater sourced from nearby bores.

"This is the first new drinking water to be brought on line for the city of Brisbane as I understand it since the 1985 completion of Wivenhoe Dam," he said.
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