Hunter Water

Hunter Water Corporation
State-owned statutory corporation overview
Formed	1892
Jurisdiction	Newcastle and Lower Hunter Region
Headquarters	Newcastle West, New South Wales, Australia
Employees	485 (2021)
Annual budget	$351 million (2021)
Minister responsible	Minister for Energy;
State-owned statutory corporation executives	Darren Cleary, Managing Director; Greg Martin, Chairman;
Parent State-owned statutory corporation	Government of New South Wales
Website	www.hunterwater.com.au
Footnotes
	Annual report year ended 30 June 2021 Hunter Water

Hunter Water is a state owned corporation providing drinking water, wastewater, recycled water and some stormwater services to 500,000 people in the Lower Hunter Region in New South Wales, Australia.^[1] It was formed in 1892, when the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board was founded, and was later known as the Hunter District Water Board between 1938 and 1992.^[2]

Dams and catchments

Hunter Water supplies its customers with water sourced from Chichester Dam located north of Dungog and Grahamstown Dam located east of Raymond Terrace. It also utilises water from underground aquifers at the Tomago Sandbeds in Tomago.

Desalination plant

In January 2024, Hunter Water applied for consent to construct and operate a seawater desalination plant at Belmont, in the Lower Hunter region, at an estimated cost of $AUD530 million. The plant is intended to supply up to 30 million litres per day, representing around 15% of the daily average consumption in the region.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Our Organisation". Hunter Water. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
^ "Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board (1892–1938)". Encyclopedia of Australian Science. 16 July 2001. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
^ Barker, Steph (24 January 2024). "Hunter Water applies for permanent desalination plant". Utility Magazine. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
^ Thompson, Rod (24 January 2024). "Hunter Water building permanent Belmont Desalination Plant". Newcastle Weekly. Retrieved 20 March 2024.

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[1] "Our Organisation". Hunter Water. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

[2] "Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board (1892–1938)". Encyclopedia of Australian Science. 16 July 2001. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

[3] Barker, Steph (24 January 2024). "Hunter Water applies for permanent desalination plant". Utility Magazine. Retrieved 20 March 2024.

[4] Thompson, Rod (24 January 2024). "Hunter Water building permanent Belmont Desalination Plant". Newcastle Weekly. Retrieved 20 March 2024.

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