About Us
Hunter Water is a State Owned Corporation and the water and wastewater service provider for over half a million people in the lower Hunter region. There are 213,913 properties connected to the water network and 202,103 to the wastewater network.
Our area of operation covers 5,475km2 with a population of 517,403 in the local government areas of Cessnock (48,314), Lake Macquarie (194,045), Maitland (61,155) and Newcastle (149,001). This also includes the recent extension of our area of operations into Singleton, around Branxton to Whittingham.
Bulk water is also supplied to Dungog Council and to small parts of Singleton and the Great Lakes area. We are also supplying an average 25 megalitres each day to the Central Coast (depending on the Hunter's storage levels) following completion of the new pipeline connection in December 2006.
We also provide some stormwater services to the lower Hunter, with 100km of stormwater channels in Cessnock, Newcastle and Lake Macquarie.
We deliver on average 200 megalitres (one megalitre equals 1 million litres) of water a day using assets worth in excess of $2 billion.
Our raw water sources are: Grahamstown Dam (190,000 megalitre capacity), Chichester Dam (21,500 megalitres), Tomago Sandbeds (60,000 megalitres) and Anna Bay Sandbeds (16,000 megalitres).
We collect, treat and then deliver drinking water to our customers and then transport, treat and dispose of the region’s wastewater. Our water consistently meets the most recent guidelines for drinking water set by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHRMC).Wastewater is treated to a very high standard and clear effluent is discharged to waterways or reused where it is economically and environmentally beneficial.