Best of the Best Taste Test SWQ Final - We Have a Winner
Date: 29-Jun-2017
Inglewood has taken out the top drop the South West as part of the Orica Australia Best of the Best Queensland Water Taste Test.
The competition was judged by attendees at the Toowoomba conference on 18 April, kindly hosted by Toowoomba Regional Council.
Goondiwindi Regional Council’s Trevor Seth:
“To enter the competition for the first time, and win, is a wonderful achievement for the Goondiwindi region. It is a great effort by Council’s Water & Sewerage Department, from the operators and maintenance staff to supervisors.
South West Regional Councils who attend these important water industry conferences are gaining valuable information and knowledge from the presentations, and networking with like-minded industry leaders which in turn is passed on to their staff.
The Inglewood supply is drawn from the Macintyre Brook with water stored in the Coolmunda Dam. The water, that serves water users along the Macintyre Brook and beyond Goondiwindi, is dosed with polymer, then passes through sediment tanks and sand filters before being stored in a chlorinated reservoir with gravity distribution.”
Utilities that battled it out in the SWQ semi-final included Western Downs Regional Council, Toowoomba Regional Council, Goondiwindi Regional Council and Maranoa Regional Council.
Thanks again to our hosts from Toowoomba Regional Council who put on a great show including tours to Perserverance and Cressbrook Dams, and event sponsors including Toowoomba Regional Council, Cardno, Dial Before You Dig, and Cardno.
Other Regional Conferences and Taste Tests this year include Townsville on 3 May (NQ), Cooktown on 15 May (FNQ), Longreach on 27 June (WQ) and Rockhampton on 1 August (CQ).
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