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About
The Awoonga Callide Water Supply Scheme is owned and managed by Gladstone Area Water Board (GAWB) and provides water for Callide Power Station in Central Queensland.
How the scheme works
- Water is pumped from Awoonga Dam, owned by GAWB, and gravity fed via the 14.9km of Sunwater's Awoonga to Callide pipeline from the peak of the dividing range into Callide Dam.
- The scheme consists of three pump stations spread across 54km.
Water uses
- Industrial purposes, with water supplied to CS Energy Pty Ltd and Callide Power Management.
CS Energy water available for landholders
Sunwater is partnering with CS Energy to enable them to donate their surplus water from their annual purchased allocation from Awoonga Dam to landholders along the Awoonga–Callide or Stag Creek pipelines.
Read more about the CS Energy water donation. Applications close on 28 February 2020.
Scheme history
Awoonga Callide Water Supply Scheme
The scheme began in 1988 and started with three pump stations and 54 km of pipeline. The pipeline delivers water to the top of the Great Dividing Range from Awoonga Dam on the Boyne River and then is gravity-fed via the 14.9 km Stag Creek pipeline into Callide Dam.
The Boyne River, named by explorer John Oxley because it reminded him of Ireland’s River Boyne, is considered the southern boundary for crocodiles in Queensland but few sightings have been confirmed.
This scheme provides a back-up supply of water to Sunwater’s Callide Dam, which in turn is the primary source of water for the Callide power station in Central Queensland.