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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Provision of water services: operational matters - Management of stormwater networks - Obligations of owners of private land

210: Private owner to notify water service provider of proposed activity

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"Tell the water service provider before you start work on your land that might affect stormwater."

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If you are a private owner and you want to do something on your land, you need to tell the water service provider first. This is because what you do might affect how stormwater flows through the area. You must tell them before you start the activity, especially if it could change how stormwater gets to or from other infrastructure in the stormwater network.

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Part 3Provision of water services: operational matters
Management of stormwater networks: Obligations of owners of private land

210Private owner to notify water service provider of proposed activity

  1. A private owner who proposes to carry out an activity that could impair the capacity of an overland flow path or watercourse to receive stormwater from, or take stormwater to, other infrastructure in a stormwater network must notify the water service provider in whose service area the network is located of the proposed activity before carrying out the activity.