Business Summary
Water supply and sewerage services for the Far West
About Us

We provide water and sewerage services to approximately 18,000 people in Far West New South Wales (NSW). We deliver a secure water supply to around 10,500 customers in Broken Hill, Menindee, Silverton and Sunset Strip, as well as rural customers. Reliable sewerage services are provided to around 9,700 customers in Broken Hill.

We operate a network of dams, water treatment plants, sewage treatment plants, reservoirs, water and sewage pumping stations, mains and related infrastructure.

Our Broken Hill and Silverton customers are supplied with water from the Murray River, via a pipeline from Wentworth that is owned and operated by WaterNSW. Our Menindee customers are supplied with water from the Darling River.

We are an operating division of Essential Energy – a NSW Government State Owned Corporation


What We Do

We offer four types of water services, however not all services are available in all areas. 

  • Treated Water – Broken Hill & Menindee customers
  • Untreated Water – selected areas of Broken Hill & Menindee, all pipeline customers
  • Chlorinated Water – Silverton & Sunset Strip customers
  • Effluent Water – selected areas of Broken Hill
Other services are Plumbing inspections, site inspections, building plan approvals, connections & disconnections.

We provide sewerage services to our Broken Hill customers, although a small number of Broken Hill properties do not have access to sewerage services.

Liquid Trade Waste services are provided to non-residential customers that also have access to sewerage services.

For more information regarding the services we offer please contact us on 132391.