Facts and figures

Some key facts and figures about our business and water related topics:

Our customers

• We manage the water services for over 1.3 million residents and 4,900 businesses
• Supplying around 105,000 mega litres of tap water every year
• Delivering 35,000 mega litres of recycled water to businesses each year via pipeline and water tanker

Our people

• Queensland Urban Utilities is headquartered in Brisbane, QLD
• We employ over 1,300 people across the South East Queensland area

Drinking water supply

• We operate and maintain 8,744 km of water mains
• The treated water originates from 113 reservoirs and eight river abstractions.
• And transported via 51 pump stations and 106 water boosters

Sewage Management

• We operate 19 Sewage Treatment Plants
• We collect and treat sewage from 1.3 million households and 4,900 trade waste customers

Investing in the regions' future

We will invest $341.43 million in capital programs (infrastructure) across the region between 2011 and 2012

Did you know…

• It takes 7,006 litres of water to refine one barrel of crude oil
• It takes 147,956 litres of water to manufacture a new car, including new tyres
• 66% of the human body is water