“I have always acknowledged CSG water as a valuable by-product, not a problem – and that is the difference with the Newman government,” Seeney said as he opened the plant yesterday.
“Projects such as this are not only important for the local farmers and communities but for the sustainability of the region.
“The output of this plant will ensure that a considerable number of agricultural producers are effectively drought free.”
QGC parent company BG Australia chairman Catherine Tanna said the plant demonstrated the commitment to working with agriculture and communities.
“We are delighted to help shore up supplies for town consumption and to help landholders to grow crops that, in turn, support the government’s aim to double food production by 2040,” she said.
“This is a wonderful result for the gas industry, communities, agriculture and government – a demonstration of working together towards a common objective.”
Developed in partnership with SunWater and part of more than $1 billion of water-related commitments for the Queensland Curtis LNG project operated by QGC, a second CSG water treatment plant is under construction at Woleebee Creek near Wandoan in the Surat Basin.
The Kenya plant will pump about 85 megalitres per day of treated CSG water to the Chinchilla weir through a 20km pipeline.
A 120km pipeline will be built to pump about 100ML/d to the Glebe weir from the Woleebee Creek treatment plant, which is under construction, with first supply due in late 2014.
