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Tender for Medium & High Priority Water Acquisition – Burdekin/ Haughton

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TENDER INVITATION FOR MEDIUM PRIORITY & HIGH PRIORITY ACQUISITION – BURDEKIN HAUGHTON WSS

Sunwater is inviting tenders for the acquisition of medium priority (MP) and high priority (HP) term allocations of water from Burdekin Falls Dam.

Customers can make offers for up to 42,000ML of MP and 5,000ML of HP water for a minimum 10-year term allocation, with Sunwater to assess applications based on considerations that include offer price, proposed contract length and volume required.

The tender process opens on Saturday 2 March 2019 and closes on Friday 29 March 2019 at 4.30pm.

The invitation to tender is available to all customers, but customers in the Lower Burdekin area – which is currently suffering from rising groundwater levels – will need to demonstrate that their water usage will not impact groundwater levels.

How to lodge your tender:

Customers can access tender documents by visiting http://www.sunwater.com.au/water-for-sale/expression-of-interest or calling Sunwater on 13 15 89.

Customers can lodge their tender in accordance with the tender documents by sending tenders to [email protected] or to Sunwater’s postal address.

The deadline for tenders is 4:30pm on Friday 29 March 2019.

Sunwater expects to be in contact with tenderers to advise of an outcome of the invitation to tender process within 6 months from the closing time.

Les Elphinstone
Manager KCGO

Pumpstation Update – LBWB – 26 February 2019

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PUMPSTATION UPDATE as at 26th February 2019

Southern Division
Warrens Gully Pump Station:
Pump 1 – Unavailable (wet). River levels need to subside further.
Pump 2 – Pumping.

McDowells Pump Station:
Pump 1 – Unavailable (wet). River levels need to subside further.
Pump 2 – Unavailable (wet). As above.
Pump 3 – Pumping.

Down River Pump Station:
Pump 1 – Unavailable (silted up). Divers have undertaken visual inspections with desilting to be conducted Thurs 28th Feb by Commercial Divers
Pump 2 – Unavailable (silted up). As per Pump 1.

Northern Division:
Plantation Creek Pump Station:
Pump 1 – Available. Staff have conducted maintenance. Pump is not 100%, but OK to run in emergency.
Pump 2 – Pumping. Was started late afternoon (Fri 22nd Feb) and continues operating.
Pump 3 – Available. Was started for a short period trial, late yesterday afternoon (Mon 25th Feb).

Rocks Pump Station:
Pump 1 – Pumping. Was started late yesterday afternoon (Mon 25th Feb) and continues operating.
Pumps 2 & 3 – Unavailable. Staff completed maintenance, however pump chambers require desilting/dredging; to be conducted Fri 29th Feb by Commercial Divers.
Pump 4 – Unavailable. Needs major repair.

Rita Island Pump Station:
Pump 1 – Pumping. Was started earlier last week and continues operating.
Pump 2 – Available.

River Pump Stations: all stations do not have ideal pump intake conditions, due to silt/sand deposited from river run. Desilting and sand dam reconstruction to be conducted when river level subsides further.

Relift Pump Stations: all stations are available and currently pumping.

Irrigators are urged to use Groundwater as an alternative supply to Open Water (pending availability).

North and West Queensland weather event – February 2019

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                                                                                                                                               North and west Queensland have been severely impacted by a monsoonal event across January and February 2019. Record rainfall has led to significant flooding impacting farm infrastructure, paddocks, crops and a large number of livestock deaths.

We have compiled a list of useful support packages and services for Queensland’s primary producers and community members affected by this event.
If you require further information please contact our Customer Service Centre on 13 25 23

Financial support

For primary producers
Activated areas for financial recovery assistance
Flood-damaged producers can apply for Category B and Category C natural disaster assistance to help with their recovery in activated areas. To find out if you are in an activated area, or to apply for assistance visit qrida.qld.gov.au or call 1800 623 946.

https://www.vision6.com.au/ch/10433/2dwf7hb/2408813/dDXduNkEmhewCZX3eJ1ap_9zS1QK_femcS90BIbM.html

Category B assistance
Category B assistance will help affected producers with assistance, including:
• concessional loans of up to $250,000
• essential working capital loans of up to $100,000 at an interest rate of 1.37 per cent
• freight subsidies of up to $5,000. Primary producers wishing to access freight subsidies should visit daf.qld.gov.au or call 13 25 23.
Category C assistance
Under Category C assistance affected primary producers can access grants of up to $75,000 to help clean-up and recover.

https://www.vision6.com.au/ch/10433/2dwf7hb/2408812/dDXduNkEmhewCZX3eJ1afsAfnYiO_xRxlXbcxyrf.html

Individual Disaster Stricken Property (IDSP)
Primary producers who have suffered major damage outside the above declared areas may apply for an Individual Disaster Stricken Property (IDSP) declaration. For further information visit daf.qld.gov.au or call 13 25 23. read more

Qld Competition Authority Consultation Workshops 2019-20 Regulated Electricity Prices

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QLD COMPETITION AUTHORITY (QCA) CONSULTATION WORKSHOPS – 2019–20 REGULATED ELECRICITY PRICES

QCA are planning to hold consultation workshops, subject to sufficient stakeholder interest, for their review of Ergon Energy regulated retail prices to apply in regional Qld for 2019-2020.

Workshop is planned to be held in Ayr in the period 18th March – 1st April 2019.

Any members interested in attending the workshop need to register their interest via the following link:

http://www.qca.org.au/Workshops

KCGO has previously lodged a submission which can be viewed along with other submissions in response to QCA Interim Consultation Paper via the following link:

http://www.qca.org.au/Electricity/Regional-consumers/Reg-Electricity-Prices/In-Progress/2019-20-Regulated-electricity-prices-for-regional

Les Elphinstone
Manager KCGO