Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A water supply emergency is a situation in which there is a demonstrably serious risk the State's, or a part of the State's, essential water supply needs will not be met.
(2) The following are examples of circumstances from which a situation mentioned in subsection (1) may arise--
(a) failure of a large part of water supply, treatment or distribution infrastructure or wastewater infrastructure;
(b) extended severe drought conditions;
(c) contamination of a water storage used for essential water supply needs causing the water to be unfit for supply.
(3) In this section--
demonstrably, in relation to a serious risk, means the serious risk can be demonstrated by reliable data about water supply.
essential water supply needs means water supply for--
(a) domestic purposes; or
(b) essential services, including the generation or distribution of electricity; or
(c) processing or refining minerals or petroleum in the local government area of the Gladstone Regional Council.