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Our vision for the future: MidCoast Water Page 4<br />
Solving the problem<br />
The discussion paper summarised the industry in each of the States. As usual in <strong>Australia</strong> we<br />
have a mixture of models some appear to be working better than others and the top local<br />
government water authorities in Regional NSW (including MidCoast Water) appear to be<br />
operating as well, or if not better, than the equivalent country water authorities in other states.<br />
MidCoast Water believes the State government could reduce the number of water authorities<br />
in regional NSW from 107 to 14 - excluding Sydney, Hunter, Gosford/Wyong and State Water.<br />
For the purpose of this modelling, the State can be divided into two sections, the coast which<br />
can be divided into four utilities and the area west of the Great Dividing Range could be<br />
divided into ten. These groupings have been based closely on the existing catchment<br />
management authorities’ boundaries but allowance has been made where councils areas<br />
overlap catchments, social demographics sit within regions, and where they’re logically like<br />
catchments or sharing of local water supplies.<br />
In advocating this model MidCoast Water is recommending that the utilities have the functions<br />
of both water and sewerage.<br />
Proposed<br />
new utility<br />
Local<br />
Government<br />
areas<br />
Turnover<br />
Comments<br />
Far West or<br />
Country Water<br />
Bourke<br />
Central Darling<br />
Wentworth<br />
Country Water<br />
$22.5M<br />
Namoi<br />
Brewarrina<br />
Walgett<br />
Coonamble<br />
Narrabri<br />
Warrumbungle<br />
Gunnedah<br />
Liverpool Plains<br />
Tamworth<br />
regional<br />
Walcha<br />
$50.5M<br />
New England/<br />
North West<br />
Moree Plains<br />
Gwydir<br />
Inverell<br />
Tenterfield<br />
Glen Innes/Severn<br />
Guyra<br />
Armidale/Dumaresq<br />
Uralla<br />
$29.4M
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