The Sydney Catchment Authority was a
statutory authority
A statutory body or statutory authority is a body set up by law (statute) that is authorised to implement certain legislation on behalf of the relevant country or state, sometimes by being Primary and secondary legislation, empowered or deleg ...
of the
Government of New South Wales
The Government of New South Wales, also known as the NSW Government, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of New South Wales. It is currently held by a coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party. The Governmen ...
created in 1999 to manage and protect drinking water catchments and catchment infrastructure, and supplies bulk water to its customers, including
Sydney Water
Sydney Water, formally, Sydney Water Corporation, is a New South Wales Government owned statutory corporation that provides potable drinking water, wastewater and some stormwater services to Greater Metropolitan Sydney, the Illawarra and the B ...
and a number of local government authorities in the state of
New South Wales
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The authority was led by its Chief Executive, who reported to the Board of the authority that was ultimately responsible to the
Minister for Primary Industries and
Minister for Regional Water.
The authority was established pursuant to the . From 1 January 2015, the Sydney Catchment Authority joined with State Water to form
WaterNSW, a single organisation responsible for managing bulk water supply across the State.
Objectives of the authority
The objectives of the authority are:
* to manage and protect the catchment area and catchment infrastructure to promote water quality
* to protect public health and safety, and the environment
* to ensure that the water it supplies is of appropriate quality
* to operate according to the principles of
ecologically sustainable development Ecologically sustainable development is the environmental component of sustainable development. It can be achieved partially through the use of the precautionary principle; if there are threats of serious or irreversible environmental damage, lack o ...
* to efficiently and economically manage catchment infrastructure works.
The SCA's customers then filter the water the SCA supplies and distribute it to households, businesses and other users. More than four and a half million people, about 60 percent of the NSW population, use water supplied by the SCA.
See also
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Warragamba Dam
Warragamba Dam is a heritage-listed dam in the outer South Western Sydney suburb of Warragamba, New South Wales, Warragamba, Wollondilly Shire in New South Wales, Australia. It is a concrete gravity dam, which creates Lake Burragorang, the prima ...
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Upper Nepean Scheme
The Upper Nepean Scheme is a series of dams and weirs in the catchments of the Cataract, Cordeaux, Avon and Nepean rivers of New South Wales, Australia. The scheme includes four dams and two weirs, and a gravity-fed canal system that feeds int ...
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Shoalhaven Scheme
The Shoalhaven Scheme is a dual-purpose water supply and Pumped-storage Hydroelectricity scheme located on the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.
The Scheme was built as a joint project between the Electricity Commission of NSW ...
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Woronora Dam
The Woronora Dam is a heritage-listed concrete gravity dam with an uncontrolled serpentine spillway across the Woronora River, located south of Greater Metropolitan Sydney, in the suburb of Woronora Dam, Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, ...
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Blue Mountains Dams
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Prospect Reservoir
The Prospect Reservoir is a heritage-listed potable water supply and storage reservoir (water), reservoir created by the Prospect Dam, across the Prospect Creek (New South Wales), Prospect Creek located in the Western Sydney suburb of Prospec ...
References
Sydney Water Catchment Management Act 1998
External links
*Official websit
Sydney Catchment Authoritya map of the catchment areas around Sydney
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Defunct government entities of New South Wales
Government agencies established in 1999
Government agencies disestablished in 2015
Water management in New South Wales
Government of Sydney
1999 establishments in Australia
2015 disestablishments in Australia