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 empowered or delegated to set rules (for example reg ...
of the
Government of New South Wales
The Government of New South Wales, also known as the NSW Government, is the executive state government of New South Wales, Australia. The government comprises 11 portfolios, led by a ministerial department and supported by several agencies. Th ...
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 Government of New South WalesState-owned corporation, owned statutory authority, statutory corporation that provides potable drinking water, wastewater and some stormwater services to Sydney ...
and a number of local government authorities in the state of
New South Wales
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,
Australia
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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, Wollondilly Shire in New South Wales, Australia. It is a concrete gravity dam, which creates Lake Burragorang, the primary reservoir for water supp ...
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Upper Nepean Scheme
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Shoalhaven Scheme
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Woronora Dam
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Blue Mountains Dams
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Prospect Reservoir
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