The Chairman of Tasmania’s Water and Sewerage Corporations Geoff Willis said that the report provides a transparent overview of the first six months of operations and highlights the achievements and challenges the four new corporations faced.
Owned by Tasmania’s local councils, the water corporations have a combined asset base of more than $A2 billion and forecast annual revenue of around $A200 million, making them one of Tasmania’s largest business sectors.
Recent water quality incidents, including more than 200 treatment plant spills, served to highlight the need for reform. Mr Willis said that it was unacceptable that such events were occurring in the twenty-first century and the corporations are taking steps to address them.
“The corporations are working to make water quality and infrastructure issues a thing of the past by embarking on a $A1 billion capital works program over the next ten years,” Mr Willis said.
Article continues below…More than 30 capital projects are currently underway across the state.
Certain findings of the Water and Sewerage Industry Report include:
- 14 Lost Time Injuries were sustained and 225 hazards were identified
- 14 temporary boil water alerts were called
- So far $A40 million has been expended on capital works
- 38 towns remain on boil water alerts.
