ENERGY some 750,000 residents across the region . Another important part of its work is to collect , treat and dispose of sewage .
George Theo walked into a very complex situation when he took on the role of CEO . Unitywater was an amalgamation of six local authority water businesses serving the heavily populated and fast-growing area of South-East Queensland to the north of Brisbane . Moreton Bay Regional Council , for example , has the third largest population of any local government area in Australia . A lot of hard work lay ahead , he recalls : “ We had inherited legacy and multiple technology systems that had to be replaced with fitfor-purpose systems – and we had to rationalise our accommodation as well as our extensive fleet of vehicles , plant and equipment . As an example , we were working out of 18 separate buildings ; now we have just four .” In front of him lay
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