Past review
31/03/2015
We released our final report in May 2015, recommending 2015–18 bulk water prices for the 11 council areas in south east Queensland.
Recommended prices
We recommended a common price of $2.82/kilolitre (kL) in 2017–18 (for councils other than Redland, Sunshine Coast and Noosa). This common price is 12%, or $0.40, lower than the ‘indicative’ common price announced by the government in 2013 ($3.22/kL).
For each council area, a comparison of prices announced by the government in 2013 with those recommended by us appears in chapter 7 of the report. The bulk component of water bills will be commensurately lower than previously indicated.
A fact sheet was developed, together with a media release and a report on the prudency and efficiency of operating and capital costs from our consultant (CH2M HILL).
We released a draft report on bulk water prices, for the 11 council areas in south east Queensland, for 2015-18.
We recommended a draft common price of $2.77/kilolitre (kL) in 2017–18 (for councils other than Redland, Sunshine Coast and Noosa). This common price is 14%, or $0.45, lower than the ‘indicative’ common price announced by the government in 2013 ($3.22/kL).
The Treasurer and Minister for Trade asked us to investigate pricing practices relating to the monopoly business activity of bulk water supply by Seqwater. The objective of the review was to recommend bulk water prices for the period 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2018.
This was the first review of Seqwater’s bulk water prices we conducted since Seqwater became a consolidated bulk water entity in January 2013.
Seqwater is responsible for providing bulk urban and industrial water supply and irrigation supply services in SEQ. Services provided to irrigation customers, power stations and Toowoomba are not the subject of this review.
The review made recommendations on, a range of matters, including:
- prices for the remaining three years of the 10 year bulk water price path
- the prudency and efficiency of capital and operating expenditure.
A draft report was submitted to the Queensland Government on 28 November 2014. A final report was provided by 31 March 2015.
Report and papers
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| 01 April 2015 | Final report | Seqwater Bulk Water Prices – 2015-18 | pdf, 3.31 Mb |
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| 01 April 2015 | Fact sheet | Fact sheet- SEQ bulk water prices 2015-18 | pdf, 259.66 Kb |
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| 02 February 2015 | Submission | Brisbane City Council Submission | pdf, 256.60 Kb |
| 02 February 2015 | Submission | QUU Submission | pdf, 69.86 Kb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Unitywater Submission | pdf, 316.96 Kb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | JCR Smart and M Burford Submission | pdf, 230.26 Kb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission – Covering Letter | pdf, 296.92 Kb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission | pdf, 1.16 Mb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission – Appendix A | pdf, 1.02 Mb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission – Appendix B | pdf, 3.04 Mb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission – Appendix C | pdf, 1.34 Mb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission – Appendix D-1 | pdf, 323.16 Kb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission – Appendix D-2 | pdf, 1.82 Mb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission – Appendix D-3 | pdf, 296.76 Kb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission – Appendix D-4 | pdf, 115.76 Kb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission – Appendix D-5 | pdf, 599.60 Kb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission – Appendix D-6 | pdf, 171.79 Kb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission – Appendix D-7 | pdf, 74.03 Kb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission – Appendix D-8 | pdf, 98.77 Kb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission – Appendix D-9 | pdf, 278.97 Kb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission – Appendix D-10 | pdf, 452.81 Kb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission – Appendix D-11 | pdf, 87.89 Kb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission – Appendix D-12 | pdf, 280.02 Kb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission – Appendix D-13 | pdf, 126.09 Kb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission – Appendix E | pdf, 291.24 Kb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission – Appendix F | pdf, 387.92 Kb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission – Appendix G | pdf, 685.53 Kb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission – Appendix H | pdf, 461.88 Kb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission – Appendix I | pdf, 415.35 Kb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission – Appendix J | pdf, 306.36 Kb |
| 30 January 2015 | Submission | Seqwater Submission – Appendix K | pdf, 235.86 Kb |
| 27 January 2015 | Submission | LGAQ Submission | pdf, 784.31 Kb |
| 27 January 2015 | Submission | A-R West Submission | pdf, 621.11 Kb |
| 27 January 2015 | Submission | R- Koerner Submission -2 | pdf, 1.19 Mb |
| 23 January 2015 | Submission | Logan City Council Submission | pdf, 452.32 Kb |
| 23 January 2015 | Submission | Coolum Residents Association Submission | pdf, 391.17 Kb |
| 23 January 2015 | Submission | Unite Against Unity Submission | pdf, 141.63 Kb |
| 23 January 2015 | Submission | R- Koerner Submission | pdf, 111.44 Kb |
| 23 January 2015 | Submission | Chris Kelly Submission | pdf, 365.94 Kb |
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| 02 December 2014 | Draft report | Draft report- SEQ bulk water price path | pdf, 1.64 Mb |
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| 01 April 2015 | Consultant report | CH2M HILL Final Report | pdf, 4.92 Mb |
| 02 December 2014 | Consultant report | CH2M HILL Draft Report | pdf, 5.57 Mb |
| 02 December 2014 | Consultant report | HoustonKemp final report | pdf, 379.54 Kb |
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| 02 December 2014 | Submission | Unitywater submission | pdf, 535.39 Kb |
| 02 December 2014 | Submission | R Koerner submission – enclosure | pdf, 43.07 Kb |
| 02 December 2014 | Submission | R Koerner submission – main | pdf, 540.68 Kb |
| 02 December 2014 | Submission | Coolum Residents Association submission | pdf, 520.53 Kb |
| 02 December 2014 | Submission | Brisbane City Council submission | pdf, 251.34 Kb |
| 02 December 2014 | Submission | AR West submission | pdf, 513.54 Kb |
| 17 September 2014 | Submission | Peter Zazlan submission | pdf, 95.21 Kb |
| 16 September 2014 | Submission | Redland City Council submission | pdf, 633.77 Kb |
| 16 September 2014 | Submission | Redland City Council submission – cover letter | pdf, 174.09 Kb |
| 05 September 2014 | Submission | Seqwater submission | pdf, 5.59 Mb |
| 05 September 2014 | Submission | Seqwater submission – Appendix A | pdf, 3.18 Mb |
| 05 September 2014 | Submission | Seqwater submission – Appendix B | pdf, 1.61 Mb |
| 10 September 2014 | Submission | Seqwater submission – Appendix C | pdf, 1.41 Mb |
| 10 September 2014 | Submission | Seqwater submission – Appendix D | pdf, 2.72 Mb |
| 05 September 2014 | Submission | Seqwater submission – Appendix E | pdf, 638.32 Kb |
| 05 September 2014 | Submission | Seqwater submission – Appendix F | pdf, 1.29 Mb |
| 05 September 2014 | Submission | Moreton Bay Regional Council submission | pdf, 1.43 Mb |
| 05 September 2014 | Submission | Logan City Council submission | pdf, 62.82 Kb |
| 05 September 2014 | Submission | City of Gold Coast submission | pdf, 221.40 Kb |
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| 02 December 2014 | Minister’s direction | Clarification of Referral Notice | pdf, 234.71 Kb |
| 31 May 2014 | Minister’s direction | Ministers’ Referral Notice | pdf, 1.10 Mb |