2023 Review of the water third party access regime
- Project Released: 7 Aug 2023
- Project Closes: June 2024
- Contact: Mark Caputo
Overview
On 1 July 2016, a regime was established that provides a framework for third parties to negotiate access to specified water and sewerage infrastructure services provided by SA Water, with the potential for arbitration should negotiations fail. The Commission is the regulator of that access regime.
Under the Water Industry Act 2012, the Commission must conduct a review of the water infrastructure and sewerage infrastructure subject to the regime and form a view as to whether or not the access regime should continue from 30 June 2024 for a period of five years.
The Commission’s final report setting out the review’s conclusions and recommendations must be provided to the Minister for Environment and Water. The decision to continue operation of the access regime rests with the Minister.
Status
Current status is Submissions
- Initiate
- Submissions
- Draft
- Submissions
- Final
Submissions
The Commission received four submissions to the issues paper and one submission to the draft report. The Commission thanks all those who provided submissions to the review.
The Commission is preparing a final report, planned to be published in May 2024.