This Act, consisting of 112 sections divided into seven Parts and completed by five Schedules, provides for the establishment of the Sydney Water Corporation as a state owned corporation.; The Act defines its internal organization and its functions. The principal objectives of the Corporation include: to conduct operations in compliance with the principles of ecologically sustainable development; to protect public health by supplying safe drinking water; to reduce risks to human health; and to prevent the degradation of the environment.; The Act defines the areas of operation of the Corporation and provides for the granting of operating licences to provide, construct, operate, manage or maintain systems or services for: storing or supplying water; providing sewerage services; providing stormwater drainage systems; or disposing of waste water. Terms and conditions of operating licences are set out in the text.; The Corporation must adopt pollution reduction targets and conduct ecological risk assessments. Reports on ecological risk assessments are to be provided to the Environment Protection Authority as provided for in the Act.; The Act further provides for: regulatory functions of the Tribunal; activities related to waterworks; acquisition of land for the purposes of the Act; offences; water restriction offences; fees and charges imposed by the Corporation; declaration of controlled areas; etc.
Sydney Water Act 1994.