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ARTICLE · 03 SEPTEMBER 2008

Commencement Of Water Industry Competition Act NSW

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The <em>Water Industry Competition Act</em> 2006 ("Act") commenced on 8 August 2008 to a fanfare which failed to rate against the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics!

AustraliaEnergy and Natural Resources
Christopher Conolly
Christopher Conolly

The Water Industry Competition Act 2006 ("Act") commenced on 8 August 2008 to a fanfare which failed to rate against the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics!

Nevertheless, the commencement of the Act and consequential amendments to Acts including the Local Government Act 1993 and Sydney Water Act 1994 were long awaited. The intervening development of supporting regulations suspended the commencement of the Act which was initially assented to on 27 November 2006.

The Act is part of a shift in community attitude towards waste water and sewerage. According to ANU academics1, "Water which was once seen as a nuisance is now being recast as a valuable resource ... The recycling of human waste water is being reinvented as both an environmental and commercial opportunity that can be facilitated by giving 'third-party' access to established public-sector sewerage infrastructure and –

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