Water Service Diagram

Hunter Water delivers on average 184 megalitres of

water a day.Our pipe work is so lo ng it would stretch from Newcas tle to Pe rth

and back to Kalgoorlie when laid end to end.2: Tr ea tmen t

1: Wa te r collec tion4: Tr anspor tati on

3: Pu mpin g statio n

5: St ored in rese rvoi rs

It takes 77 re se rvoirs to store water before it is transpor ted to your home.

7: Yo ur proper ty

6: Wa te r mete r

It takes much mo re thana tap to run your water

It takes ad vanced water treatment methods at � ve treatment plants to remove impurities and supply fres h, sa fe and secure water.

It takes a network of dams and sandbeds to deliver our water su pplies.

It takes 4, 898km of pipes to transpor t more than 67 billion litres of wate r every year.

It takes 123 pu mping stations to pump wa ter up to our rese rvoirs and over so me of the high points ac ross our se rvice territory.

M aintainin g the pipe s on yo ur proper ty

While Hu nter Wa ter maintains and operates the wa ter se rvices up to your property connec tion point, as a prop erty owner you ow n and are re sponsible for the maintenance of the wa ter and wastewater pipes on your property. This means any repairs, re placement or main tenance cost s associat ed with thes e pipes and � ttings are your responsibility as the property owner.

Your water se rvice