Legal framework
Legal framework
SA Water was set up by an Act of Parliament and is directly affected by five key Acts. This legal framework makes sure you have clean and safe water. It also helps to ensure:
- we are properly licensed and meet required technical standards (Water Industry Act 2012)
- we price our services fairly (Water Industry Act 2012)
- flood-prone areas are properly drained (Metropolitan Drainage Act 1935)
- eligible customers can access concessions. (Rates and Land Tax Remission Act 1986).
How the law makes sure you have clean and safe water
The Safe Drinking Water Act 2011 and the Safe Drinking Water Regulations 2012 make sure we test water regularly. We report the results to the Department for Health and Ageing and publish the results online.
This Act also makes sure that we:
- conduct regular audits
- have approved monitoring in place
- manage risk.
We’re a government-owned business enterprise
The South Australian Water Corporation Act 1994 is the Act that established SA Water as a government business enterprise. As a business enterprise we do commercial activities on behalf of our owner. That owner is the Government of South Australia.
We are also subject to the Public Corporations Act 1993. The Public Corporations Act requires us to operate in a competitive and profitable way.
Major faults
Polkinghorns Rd
Arthurton
- 18/06/2020
Water Supply On
- 18/06/2020 03:05 PM - We are attending to an incident in Arthurton with no interruption to the water supply. The safety of our crews and customers comes first, and we always aim to minimise inconvenience by restoring services as quickly as we can. Reference Number WO: 07505663.
- See all major faults
Scheduled works
Pilatus Dr
Direk
- 05/08/2020
Temporary Supply Interruption
- Estimated start time and water supply off: 07/08/2020 07:30 AM
Estimated restore time and water supply back on: 07/08/2020 10:00 AM
We’re improving your services and undertaking maintenance work in Direk. Sometimes our crews need to temporarily interrupt the water supply to our customers and/or manage traffic while they are working. Temporary traffic management may remain in place until reinstatement of the impacted road is complete. We always aim to minimise inconvenience by restoring services as safely and quickly as we can. - See all scheduled works
