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WaterNSW is a New South Wales Government–owned statutory corporation that is responsible for supplying the state's bulk water needs, operating the state's river systems and dams and the bulk water supply system for Greater Sydney and providing licensing and approval services to its customers and water resource information.
Across Australia, the average typical annual residential bill for water supply and sewerage services was A$713 in 2007 (US$557 using the January 2007 exchange rate of 1.28). [2] In South East Queensland the average annual water bill of only A$465 in 2005, but that it could increase to A$1,346 by 2017 due to increasing bulk water costs. [37]
Advise the NSW Government or its agencies on issues such as pricing, efficiency, industry structure and competition. Regulate maximum electricity and gas prices that regulated energy retailers can charge to residential and small business customers. Regulate private sector access to water and waste water to encourage competition and re-use.
The origins of Sydney Water go back to 26 March 1888 when the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Amendment Act, 1888 [1] was enacted and repealed certain sections of the Sydney Corporation Act, 1879 [2] relating to water supply and sewerage, thereby transferring the property, powers and obligations from the Municipal Council to the Board of Water Supply and Sewerage.
The authority was established pursuant to the Sydney Water Catchment Management Act, 1998 (NSW). From 1 January 2015, the Sydney Catchment Authority joined with State Water to form WaterNSW, a single organisation responsible for managing bulk water supply across the State.
The Newcastle Reservoirs site consists of two water supply reservoirs located above the CBD. These are the main distribution reservoirs for inner Newcastle water supply. [1] Newcastle No. 1 Reservoir is a water supply reservoir completed in 1882 but disused since about 1985.
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The affordability of water charges can be measured by macro- and micro-affordability. [16] Macro-affordability" indicators relate national average household water and wastewater bills to average net disposable household income. In OECD countries it varies from 0.2% (Italy and Mexico) to 1.4% (Slovak Republic, Poland and Hungary).