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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Structural arrangements for providing water services - Other roles of water service providers - Closure or transfer of small water services

74: Assessments, etc, required for closure or transfer of water service

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"Checking the impact of closing or transferring a water service on people and the environment"

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If you want to close down a water service, the water service provider must first check how it will affect the health of the people in the community and the environment. They must also work out how much it will cost to provide a new water service to each property if the old one is closed. The provider must compare the old service with the new one to see which is better. You can find more information about closing down a water service in section 73(2)(a). If you want to transfer a water service, the provider must first make a plan for the community to take over the service and work out how much it will cost to run it.

The provider must also check if the community can run the service properly. You can find more information about transferring a water service in section 73(2)(b).

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Part 2Structural arrangements for providing water services
Other roles of water service providers: Closure or transfer of small water services

74Assessments, etc, required for closure or transfer of water service

  1. A water service provider may only close down a water service under section 73(2)(a) if it has first—

  2. reviewed the likely effect of the closure on—
    1. the public health of the community that would be affected by the closure; and
      1. the environment in the district of that community; and
      2. assessed, in relation to each property that receives the water service, the likely capital cost and annual operating costs of providing an appropriate alternative service if the water service is closed down; and
        1. compared the quality and adequacy of the existing water service with the likely quality and adequacy of the alternative service referred to in paragraph (b).

          1. A water service provider may only transfer a water service under section 73(2)(b) if it has first—

          2. developed a draft management plan under which the entity that represents the community (the entity) would maintain and operate the water service; and
            1. assessed the likely future capital and operating costs of the entity to maintain and operate the water service; and
              1. assessed the ability of the entity to maintain and operate the water service satisfactorily.

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