Queensland Urban Utilities (QUU) is responsible for the delivery of water and wastewater services across five key council areas in South East Queensland

South East Queensland

South East Queensland is a region of the state of Queensland in Australia, which contains approximately two-thirds of the state population...

, including the Brisbane

Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

 metropolitan area. In 2010 QUU was formed by the merging of water assets from the local councils of Brisbane

City of Brisbane

The City of Brisbane is the Local Government Area that has jurisdiction over the inner portion of the metropolitan area of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia...

, Ipswich

City of Ipswich

The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...

, Scenic Rim, Lockyer Valley and Somerset. This A$4.3bn merger was the largest ever water transaction and second largest ever infrastructure transaction in Australian history. QUU is jointly owned by these five councils.

QUU services over a quarter of Queensland’s total population.