Queensland Urban Utilities
{{Short description|Statutory authority in Queensland, Australia}}
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| agency_name = Urban Utilities
| nativename = Central SEQ Distributor-Retailer Authority
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| formed = {{start date|2010|07|01|df=y}}
| preceding1 = Brisbane Water
| preceding2 = Ipswich Water
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| jurisdiction = South East Queensland, Australia
| headquarters = Level 10, 31 Duncan Street, {{QLDcity|Fortitude Valley}}, Queensland
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| minister1_name = Glenn Butcher MP
| minister1_pfo = Minister for Water
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| chief1_name = Bronwyn Morris
| chief1_position = Chairperson
| chief2_name = Paul Arnold
| chief2_position = CEO
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| website = {{URL|urbanutilities.com.au}}
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Urban Utilities (UU) is the trading name of the Central SEQ Distributor-Retailer Authority, a statutory authority of the Government of Queensland that is responsible for the delivery of retail water supply and wastewater services across five local government areas in South East Queensland, in Australia. The shareholders of the statutory authority are the councils of Brisbane, Ipswich, Lockyer Valley, Scenic Rim, and Somerset.{{cite web|url=http://www.urbanutilities.com.au/about-us/who-we-are|title=Who we are|publisher=Urban Utilities|date=2014|access-date=24 June 2014}}
Function and activities
The authority was formed of 1 July 2010 when it assumed the functions of Brisbane Water, a government business enterprise that was owned and managed by the Brisbane City Council, together with the merging of water assets from the four other member local government authorities.{{cite press release|url=http://urbanutilities.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/JOINT_MEDIA_RELEASE%20QUU%2023-10-09.pdf|title=New Water Business for Five Queensland Councils|publisher=Urban Utilities|date=23 October 2009|access-date=23 July 2010|type=PDF|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901002035/http://urbanutilities.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/JOINT_MEDIA_RELEASE%20QUU%2023-10-09.pdf|archive-date=1 September 2011}} At the time, the {{AUD}}4.3 billion merger was the largest water transaction and second largest infrastructure transaction in Australian history.{{cite web|url=http://www.urbanutilities.com.au/About_us/Frequently_Asked_Questions/|title=Frequently Asked Questions|publisher=Urban Utilities|access-date=23 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729144618/http://www.urbanutilities.com.au/About_us/Frequently_Asked_Questions/|archive-date=29 July 2010}}
UU services over a quarter of Queensland's total population.{{cite web|url=http://urbanutilities.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/JOINT_MEDIA_RELEASE%20QUU%2023-10-09.pdf|title=New Water Business for Five Queensland Councils|publisher=Urban Utilities|date=23 October 2009|access-date=23 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901002035/http://urbanutilities.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/JOINT_MEDIA_RELEASE%20QUU%2023-10-09.pdf|archive-date=1 September 2011}}
Related organisations are Unitywater (Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast and Noosa), Logan City Council (Logan Water), Redland City Council (Redland Water), and Gold Coast City Council. Allconnex Water supplied Logan, Redland and Gold Coast, until 30 June 2012.
See also
{{Portal|Queensland|Water}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.urbanutilities.com.au/ Official website]
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Category:Water companies of Queensland
Category:Water management in Queensland
Category:Government agencies of Queensland
Category:Government agencies established in 2010