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Appendix C<br />
Stakeholder Review<br />
Stakeholders are individuals and organisations with an interest and/or equity in the<br />
sewerage services provided by <strong>Council</strong>. Stakeholders have different expectations, and<br />
the extent to which <strong>Council</strong> meets these expectations varies.<br />
Institutional Stakeholders<br />
A large number of government departments and agencies have interest in, and impact on,<br />
the management of the sewerage scheme, as shown in the chart below.<br />
Regulators<br />
<strong>Council</strong><br />
State<br />
<strong>Government</strong><br />
Resource<br />
Managers<br />
Sewerage<br />
Scheme<br />
Efficiency<br />
Federal<br />
<strong>Government</strong><br />
Assistance<br />
Local <strong>Government</strong><br />
The sewerage undertakings are an integral part of <strong>Council</strong>’s operation. <strong>Council</strong> has the<br />
ultimate responsibility for the development, operations, maintenance and performance of<br />
the sewerage scheme. As the owner of the undertaking, <strong>Council</strong> is also responsible for<br />
any liability of the sewerage scheme.<br />
State <strong>Government</strong><br />
The State <strong>Government</strong> has a significant impact on the sewerage scheme. Various<br />
government agencies fill a role in one or more of the following areas.<br />
Regulators<br />
These are the agencies who are largely responsible for administering the various acts<br />
listed in the preceding section. Of particular significance to the sewerage scheme are the<br />
Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART), which is urging councils to adopt<br />
the pricing principles outlined in Pricing Principles for Local Water Authorities, and the<br />
Environment Protection Authority (EPA) who regulates environmental protection, issues<br />
licences to discharge effluent and administers the various pollution control acts. <strong>Council</strong><br />
discharges effluent from sewage treatment plants under licence from the EPA.<br />
The Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability, while nominally a resource<br />
manager, has a special role in the development of water supply and sewerage schemes,<br />
setting standards and guidelines and administering the <strong>Government</strong> grants program (refer<br />
below).<br />
<strong>Mid</strong>-<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />
Strategic Business Plan for Sewerage<br />
Appendices
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