Premium Content Subscriber only The proponent behind a “nation-building” Mackay region water scheme says the project will deliver at least a $2 return to taxpayers for every $1 the government invests in it. Bowen River Utilities recently completed the draft detailed business case for the water scheme supporting Urannah Dam’s construction. BRU is currently consulting with stakeholders on the findings before publicly releasing the final draft business case later this month. The draft business case supports building the 970,000 megalitre dam, which is set to deliver an annual yield of 103,000 megalitres of high priority water. BRU said the project’s new pipeline to Moranbah would deliver reliable water to customers in the Bowen Basin and a pipeline corridor to Peter Faust Dam would future-proof water security for the Whitsunday region.