Belmont Desalination Plant
We’re building a desalination plant at Belmont to provide a reliable, rainfall-independent source of drinking water for our customers.
The community and environment will benefit from our targeted capital investment program across our entire water supply and wastewater network.
We’re building a desalination plant at Belmont to provide a reliable, rainfall-independent source of drinking water for our customers.
We'll soon be carrying out works to reduce the severity and frequency of flooding in the Wallsend CBD.
We’re investing more than $15 million to install renewable energy systems at treatment plants and pump stations across our network.
We recently refurbished two reservoirs to extend their service life so we can continue to provide a safe and reliable water supply to our customers.
We are building two new water mains to distribute the treated water from the Belmont Desalination Plant to our customers and network.
We're rehabilitating the section of Munibung Creek between Pendlebury Road and 75 Lachlan Road to stabilise the creek bank and improve the environment.
Check out the recent improvements we made to some sections of our open stormwater channels.
We’re planning for the replacement of the Chichester Trunk Gravity Main (CTGM) between the Brookfield Tunnel and Burmi Creek, and at the Bandon Grove Williams River Crossing.
We are delivering a package of water network upgrades in Cessnock over the next four years.
Learn more about how we're working to protect eroding river banks on the Williams River between Clarence Town and Seaham.
We're carrying out a pilot program to test the use of digital water meters to help us better identify leaks in our water network.
Hunter Water is rolling out a water pressure management program in parts of our network to help reduce leaks, bursts and interruptions.
We are developing a Hunter River Estuary Wastewater Masterplan to guide how wastewater from five wastewater treatment works is managed over the next 30 years.
Understanding what our community values will inform our decisions around supply (where we get water from) and demand (how we use the water we have) options, and guide how we respond to drought.
A drought response desalination plant at Belmont is our insurance policy if the Lower Hunter reaches critical water storage levels in severe drought conditions.