This area covers 1,235 km of the eastern seaboard with a land area of 252,542 square km (which is larger than the State of Victoria) and a population of approximately 280,330. Gross regional product is $16.72 billion, and it is the largest and fastest growing region in Northern Australia.

The group has been progressing the FNQ Regional Water Capability Project, developing a detailed plan that addresses the most challenging issues impacting its water and wastewater businesses. The plan involves four stages:

• Stage 1 – Identifying the areas of water and wastewater that pose the most significant capability challenges through a series of workshops and a detailed survey undertaken by the Queensland Treasury Corporation (QTC). The capability challenges and causation factors were analysed for both core and business functions, and primary causation factors were identified.
• Stage 2 – The findings were then workshopped and the initiatives that the Water Alliance wished to investigate were identified in relation to people, systems & data and processes.
• Stage 3 – QWRAP Bid Pool and Jobs Queensland supported project to undertake an options analysis which will lead to the development of a Capability Plan along with an implementation plan with prioritised short, medium and long-term actions.
• Stage 4 – Implementation of agreed solutions.