Seqwater bulk water prices 2015–18

Status
Past review
Final report
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

Title Document
01 April 2015 Final report Seqwater Bulk Water Prices – 2015-18 pdf, 3.31 Mb
Title Document
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
Title Document
02 December 2014 Draft report Draft report- SEQ bulk water price path pdf, 1.64 Mb
Title Document
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
Title Document
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
Title Document
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