On 26 February 2007 the Commonwealth Senate initiated an inquiry titled Additional Water Supply for South East Queensland - Traveston Crossing Dam. The inquiry will be conducted by the Rural and Regional Services Transport Committee and will examine all reasonable options, including increased dam capacity, for additional water supplies for South East Queensland, including:

a) the merits of all options, including the Queensland Government's proposed Traveston Crossing Dam as well as raising the Borumba Dam; and
b) the social, environmental, economic and engineering impacts of the various proposals

The Committee invited written submissions to the inquiry. The Queensland Government Submission is provided in a pdf format below:

Queensland Government Submission - Senate Inquiry Traveston Crossing Dam ( 3.1 MB)

At the Brisbane Senate Inquiry Hearing of 18 April 2007, the Committee sought the provision of specific documents and reports. The requested documents are provided in a pdf format below:

1 – GHD BSI-TOR Consultancy Brief v3.2 ( 21 KB)
2 – Overview of Geotechnical Investigations ( 10.9 MB)
3 – Traveston Crossing Dam Project Costs ( 13 KB)
4 – Mary Water Resources Plan - Hydrology report ( 303 KB)
5 – Draft TOR Issues Public ( 57 KB)
6 – Pipeline Draft ( 692 KB)
7a – Traveston Crossing Dam 1% AEP Floodlines ( 2.2 MB)
7b – Probable Maximum Flood Provisions ( 19 KB)
8 – Settled Properties ( 31 KB)
11 – Subcatchment Data ( 17 KB)
12 – Groundwater Salinity ( 71 KB)
14 – Queensland Water Infrastructure - Letter re fishway ( 75 KB)
15 – Final Draft Report NRW v2.0 ( 1.5 MB)
16 – KBR Levels of Service W-REP-002 Rev E ( 666 KB)
17 - KBR Water Balance Methodology ( 372 KB)
18 – KBR (2005) Southern Regional Water Pipeline Project ( 2.2 MB)
19 – MWH WMA01 Report 4 (Jan 2007) Final ( 1.7 MB)
20 – ACIL – impact of restricted water supply on SEQ ( 273 KB)
21 – CARDEN SEQRWSS MCA Paper MFC v2 ( 867 KB)
22 – Appraisal Study – Water Supplies for Sunshine Coast & Mary River Valley ( 9.9 MB)
23 – SEQ and Wastewater Management Study ( 6.5 MB)
24 – MJA Business Case Report - Volume 1 Report v1.6 ( 4.1 MB)
25 – Responding to drought in SEQ ( 11.3 MB )
26 – Draft Urban Water Use Study of SEQ ( 404 KB)
27 – NRMW Barriers IUWMA ( 513 KB)