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Hornery, Sonia to the
Minister for Emergency Services, and Minister for Water
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- What is the Government doing under the Country Towns Water Supply and
Sewerage Program to update water and sewerage services to the Wallsend
Electorate?
- How many projects are currently under construction in the Wallsend
Electorate?
- How many projects have been funded since March 2007?
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Answer -
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- The Country Towns Water Supply and Sewerage (CTWSS) Program provides
technical and financial assistance to country-based local water utilities.
Funds are not available from the current Program for works in the major
metropolitan water authorities' areas of operations - i.e. Hunter Water
Corporation (HWC) or Sydney Water Corporation (SWC). These are large water
utilities with a large rate base and are not in need of funding under this
Program.
- There are no projects in the electorate of Wallsend that are currently
funded under the Country Towns Water Supply and Sewerage Program (CTWSS). The
electorate lies wholly within the area of operations of Hunter Water
Corporation (HWC) and is therefore not eligible for funding under the CTWSS
Program. Instead projects are funded by HWC.
- The NSW Government has made 57 grant offers to country-based local water
utilities since March 2007 with a total value of over $35 million.
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Question asked on 2 April 2008 (session 54-1)
and printed in
Questions & Answers Paper No. 54
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Answer received on 6 May 2008
and printed in
Questions & Answers Paper No. 61
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