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Water NSW Act 2014.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
New South Wales
Document type
Legislation
Date
2014 (2018)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to provide for State Water Corporation to become Water NSW and to abolish the Sydney Catchment Authority and transfer its functions to Water NSW; and to repeal and amend certain legislation consequentially.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Institution Water conservation zone Water supply Basin/catchment/watershed Pollution control Potable water Special fund Authorization/permit Enforcement/compliance Freshwater pollution Inland waters
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Entry into force notes
This Act enters into force on 1 January 2015.
Abstract

This Act, consisting of 115 sections divided into seven Parts and three Schedules, provides for State Water Corporation to become Water NSW and to abolish the Sydney Catchment Authority and transfer its functions to Water NSW. The principal objectives of Water NSW are: (a) to capture, store and release water in an efficient, effective, safe and financially responsible manner, and (b) to supply water in compliance with appropriate standards of quality, and (c) to ensure that declared catchment areas and water management works in such areas are managed and protected so as to promote water quality, the protection of public health and public safety, and the protection of the environment, and (d) to provide for the planning, design, modelling and construction of water storage and other water management works, and (e) to maintain and operate the works of Water NSW efficiently and economically and in accordance with sound commercial principles.

Full text
English
Website
www.legislation.nsw.gov.auhttp

References - Legislation

Repeals

Sydney Water Catchment Management Act 1998.

Legislation | Australia | 1998 (2011)

Keyword: Institution, Water conservation zone, Water supply, Basin/catchment/watershed, Pollution control, Potable water, Special fund, Authorization/permit, Freshwater pollution, Inland waters

Source: FAO, FAOLEX