Hunter Water Corporation Operational Audit 2010/11 - IPART - NSW ...

t-cAM Consulting in association with
Water Futures Pty Ltd and iConneXX Pty Ltd
1 Introduction
Hunter Water Corporation
Hunter Water Corporation is a State Owned Corporation established under the State Owned
Corporations Act 1989 (NSW). Hunter Water provides water and wastewater services to over
half a million people in the lower Hunter region of New South Wales. Its area of operations is
shown schematically in Figure 1-1; it covers 5,366km 2 encompassing the local government
areas of Cessnock, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Newcastle, Port Stephens, small parts of
Singleton and, since 1 July 2008, the Shire of Dungog.
There are approximately 225,000 properties connected to the water network and over 213,000
to the wastewater network. The total written down value of the assets Hunter Water utilises to
deliver services to its customers is approximately $2.8 billion.
Hunter Water also supplies bulk water to small parts of the Great Lakes area, has the capability
to supply up to 35 megalitres of water per day to the Central Coast, and provides some bulk
stormwater services to Cessnock, Newcastle and Lake Macquarie.
Figure 1-1
Hunter Water’s Areas of Operation
Source: Hunter Water Corporation
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