The new statewide water and sewerage corporation opening its doors in Tasmania on 1 July 2013 will be known as TasWater.
TasWater will take over the water and sewerage services and assets currently operated by Ben Lomond Water, Cradle Mountain Water and Southern Water. It will also manage the billing, IT and payroll functions currently managed by the industry’s service firm, Onstream.
TasWater Chairman Miles Hampton said that the switch to the new corporation would be low-key from a customer perspective.
“Water and sewerage customers in Tasmania will notice that from July their accounts will come from TasWater rather than Ben Lomond Water, Cradle Mountain Water or Southern Water. There will also be a new website from 1 July at www.taswater.com.au,” Mr Hampton said.
“Other than those changes, there will be very little impact on customers.”
TasWater customers will still be able to call 13 6992 with any enquiries, while email, postal and web addresses from the current regional corporations will continue to reach the relevant personnel.
TasWater is owned by local government, with each of the state’s 29 local councils owning a share and receiving dividends from the company.
