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{{Short description|Water utility in New South Wales, Australia}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox government agency
|agency_name     = Sydney Water 
|logo            = Sydney water logo.png
|logo_width      = 142px
|logo_caption    = Sydney Water logo
|type            = [[State-owned corporation|State-owned]] [[statutory authority|statutory corporation]]
|formed          = 1 July 1995
|preceding1      =
|preceding2      =
|dissolved       = 
|superseding     =
|jurisdiction    = [[Sydney|Greater Metropolitan Sydney]], [[Illawarra]] and the [[Blue Mountains (Australia)|Blue Mountains]]
|headquarters    = 1 Smith Street, [[Parramatta]]
|employees       =
|budget          =
|minister1_name  = 
|minister1_pfo   = [[Treasurer of New South Wales]]
|chief1_name     = Paul Plowman
|chief1_position = Managing Director (Acting)
|chief2_name     = [[Niall Blair]]
|chief2_position = Chair
|parent_agency   = [[Government of New South Wales]]
|child1_agency   =
|child2_agency   =
|website         = [http://www.sydneywater.com.au/ www.sydneywater.com.au]
|footnotes       =
}}
'''Sydney Water''', formally the '''Sydney Water Corporation''', is a [[Government of New South Wales|New South Wales Government]]{{endash}}[[State-owned corporation|owned]] [[statutory authority|statutory corporation]] that provides [[potable]] [[drinking water]], [[wastewater]] and some [[stormwater]] services to [[Sydney|Greater Metropolitan Sydney]], the [[Illawarra]] and the [[Blue Mountains (New South Wales)|Blue Mountains]] regions, in the Australian state of [[New South Wales]].

==History==
{{Expand section|with=history of water supply in Sydney since 1888|date=April 2022}}
The origins of Sydney Water go back to 26 March 1888 when the ''Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Amendment Act, 1888''<ref>{{Cite Legislation AU|NSW|act||Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Amendment Act, 1888}}</ref> was enacted and repealed certain sections of the ''Sydney Corporation Act, 1879''<ref>{{Cite Legislation AU|NSW|act||Sydney Corporation Act, 1879}}</ref> relating to water supply and sewerage, thereby transferring the property, powers and obligations from the [[City of Sydney|Municipal Council]] to the Board of Water Supply and Sewerage.<ref name=BWSS/>

During [[2023 New South Wales state election]], confidential documents from [[KPMG]] and [[Clayton Utz]] regarding the [[privatisation]] of Sydney Water were made public. [[Dominic Perrottet]], who was the Treasurer at the time had previously declared in March 2020 that he had no plans to even do a study on privatisation, but the documents revealed that studies had taken place in January 2020 and later in November 2021, with the reporting making it clear the study was done due to direct pressure from the Government.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Green |first=Eli |date=14 March 2023 |title=Confidential documents show plan for Sydney Water to part-privatise new plant |url=https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/politics/confidential-documents-show-plan-for-sydney-water-to-partprivatise-new-plant/news-story/7b529b3b2df1553b368fb0827d4d6d42 |work=news.com.au}}</ref> During and after the election NSW Labor pledged to enshrine government ownership of Sydney Water in the [[New South Wales constitution|NSW state constitution]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wang |first=Jessica |date=19 March 2023 |title='Back door fire sale': Labor Leader Chris Minns' dire warning as privatisation row fires up |url=https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/politics/back-door-fire-sale-labor-leader-chris-minns-dire-warning-as-privatisation-row-fires-up/news-story/eaff40be7fee59f6f85c9a26da037172 |work=news.com.au}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-19/nsw-election-dominic-perrottet-chris-minns-rallies/102116600 | title=Perrottet promises to cap Opal card costs as Minns makes move to stop Sydney Water sale | newspaper=ABC News | date=19 March 2023 }}</ref> a similar move that the Victorian government was doing with {{clarify span|VEC|date=April 2023}}.

===Name changes===
The forebears of Sydney Water include:
* Board of Water Supply and Sewerage (1888{{ndash}}1892)<ref name=BWSS>{{cite web|title=Agency Profile of the Board of Water Supply and Sewerage|url=http://investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/Entity.aspx?Path=\Agency\478|publisher=[[State Records Authority of New South Wales]]|access-date=7 February 2008}}</ref>
* Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage (1892{{ndash}}1925)<ref name=BWSS/>
* Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board (1925{{ndash}}1987)<ref name=MWSDB>{{cite web|title=Agency Profile of the Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board|url=http://investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/Entity.aspx?Path=\Agency\479|publisher=[[State Records Authority of New South Wales]]|access-date=7 February 2008}}</ref>
* Water Board (1987{{ndash}}1994)<ref name=MWSDB/> which had also been the colloquial name for the organisation for much of its history in the 20th century, and persists among longer term employees and older members of the community to this day
[[File:Georgemaundersign.jpg|thumb|A sign authorised by Sydney Water ([[Prospect Nature Reserve]])]]
* Sydney Water Corporation Limited (1995{{ndash}}1999)<ref>{{cite web|title=Agency Profile of the Sydney Water Corporation Limited|url=http://investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/Entity.aspx?Path=\Agency\482|publisher=[[State Records Authority of New South Wales]]|access-date=7 February 2008}}</ref>
* Sydney Water Corporation (1999{{ndash}}present) – with "Limited" being dropped when the corporation changed from a [[state-owned]] [[limited company]] to a [[statutory]] [[state-owned]] [[corporation]].

==Water supply management==
{{Main|1998 Sydney water crisis}}
Sydney Water's management received extensive criticism following the [[1998 Sydney water crisis]] regarding what was believed to be the large scale contamination of Sydney's [[raw water]] supply. The supposed contamination was heightened levels of [[cryptosporidium]] and [[giardia]] in Sydney's [[Warragamba Dam]]. This meant the public had to take extra steps in their own homes to ensure tap water was safe to drink.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Great Sydney Water crisis of 1998|publisher=SpringerLink – The Netherlands|doi=10.1023/A:1005255202854|bibcode=2000WASP..123..419S|year=2000|last1=Stein|first1=P. L.|journal=Water, Air, and Soil Pollution|volume=123|pages=419–436|s2cid=91943135 }}</ref> After this event, the [[Sydney Catchment Authority]] was created to manage Sydney's dams, [[reservoir (water)|reservoirs]], raw water and [[drainage basin|catchment areas]]. The Chairman of Sydney Water, [[David Hill (businessman)|David Hill]] resigned ten days after the crisis and denied any responsibility, claiming he was leaving only to concentrate on his political career.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/16791 |title=David Hill: from Giardia to Labor MP? |work=[[Green Left Weekly]] |author1=Francis, Geoff |author2=Hicks, Peter |date=16 September 1998 |access-date=16 March 2014 }}</ref>

On 1 January 2015, The Sydney Catchment Authority was merged with State Water Corporation to form [[WaterNSW]] so that WaterNSW is now the supplier of raw water to Sydney Water.

In June 2022, Sydney Water started working with decentralised greywater recycling system producer [[Hydraloop]] for reducing water use.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Mahony |first=Ciaran |date=2022-08-25 |title=Sydney Water pilots award-winning water recycling system |url=https://utilitymagazine.com.au/sydney-water-pilots-award-winning-water-recycling-system/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=Utility Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Edwards |first=Chris |date=2022-08-28 |title=Sydney Water trialing Hydraloop to reduce water use |url=https://insidewater.com.au/sydney-water-trialing-hydraloop-to-reduce-water-use/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=Inside Water |language=en-AU}}</ref>

==Water restrictions==
Since June 2019 ''Sydney Water'' replaced water restrictions with ''Water Wise Rules''. The ''Rules'' are:

Level 1 water restrictions (subject to change at any time by NSW Government)
* All hoses must now have a trigger nozzle.
* Handheld hoses, sprinklers, and watering systems may be used only before 10 am and after 4 pm on any day – to avoid the heat of the day
* No hosing of hard surfaces such as paths and driveways (spot cleaning hazards allowed). Washing vehicles is allowed.
* Fire hoses may be used for fire fighting activities only.

Commercial Businesses who use water in the course of their activities are required to apply for a permit, it's free and can be done via the internet or over the phone on 13 20 92, penalties may apply if caught working without a permit.

NSW government have empowered Sydney Water Community Water Officers the authority to impose fines of $220 for violations of the rules for individuals, $550 for businesses, and $2,200 for individuals and $4,400 for businesses [[water theft]]. Rules are enforced by Sydney Water staff known as Community Water Officers through random checks and intelligence gathered from the community.<ref>{{cite web|title=Water restrictions|url=http://www.sydneywater.com.au/SW/water-the-environment/what-we-re-doing/water-restrictions/index.htm|website=Sydney Water|language=en}}</ref>

==Headquarters and influence==
[[File:MWS&DBBuilding..png|thumb|Part of the art deco façade of the former Metropolitan Water Sewerage & Drainage Board Building]]
Sydney Water, and its predecessors, had for virtually all of its existence dating back to the 19th century, been located in the [[Sydney central business district]] at the corner of [[Pitt Street|Pitt]] and [[Bathurst Street, Sydney|Bathurst]] streets, directly above [[Town Hall railway station, Sydney|Town Hall railway station]]. The central location of Sydney Water in Sydney reflected the organisation's strategic significance as the lead organisation in planning Sydney's growth and future expansion. Without water services, no residential or business growth could occur in Sydney, the Illawarra or Blue Mountains.

Sydney Water's headquarters were relocated to [[Parramatta]] in May 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sydneywater.com.au/WhoWeAre/OneSmithStreet/|title=Our corporate head office|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211161852/http://www.sydneywater.com.au/WhoWeAre/OneSmithStreet/|archive-date=11 February 2010}}</ref> The historic [[Sydney Water Head Office|former headquarters]] building has been redeveloped into a hotel, with the adjacent 1969 building being extended into [[Greenland Centre Sydney|a skyscraper]].

The developer, [[Multiplex (company)|Brookfield Multiplex]], valued the new Parramatta headquarters project at A$176 million.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sydney Water Corporate Headquarters, Parramatta|url=http://www.multiplex.global/projects/sydney-water-corporate-headquarters-parramatta-australia/|website=Multiplex}}</ref> Under this deal, rather than Sydney Water owning its own building, the corporation would enter a long-term lease with a private sector provider, who would own and maintain the corporate head office, at an annual rent charged to the NSW taxpayer.

The main suburban offices throughout Sydney were all closed in the mid-2000s, including offices at [[Blacktown]], [[Rockdale, New South Wales|Rockdale]], [[Liverpool, New South Wales|Liverpool]] and [[Chatswood, New South Wales|Chatswood]], with services consolidated to the Headquarters for efficiency. The Rockdale office was opened in 1990 and closed in 2004<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barrymore |first=Karina |date=25 November 2004 |title=18pc surge in clearance rates |pages=54 |work=[[Australian Financial Review]]}}</ref> These offices were traditionally dealing with customer queries, but saw a drop in use as customers started paying their bills via the internet<ref>{{Cite news |last=COGNO |first=LUISA |date=2 June 2004 |title=Water works shut |pages=5 |work=The Blacktown Advocate}}</ref>

==Desalination==
In early 2010 operations of the [[Sydney Desalination Plant]] began;<ref name="Sydney's desal plant switched on">{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/environment/water-issues/sydneys-desal-plant-switched-on-20100128-n13h.html |title=Sydney's desal plant switched on |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |agency=[[Australian Associated Press|AAP]] |date=28 January 2010 |access-date=16 March 2014 }}</ref> with a licence granted to [[Veolia Water]] to operate the plant and supply Sydney Water with [[potable|drinking water]]. In 2012, the NSW Government entered into a 50{{endash}}year lease with Sydney Desalination Plant Pty Ltd (DSP), a company jointly owned by the [[Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan]] (50%) and two funds managed by Hastings Funds Management Limited: Utilities Trust of Australia and The Infrastructure Fund (together 50%).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sydneydesal.com.au/about-sdp/ownership-structure |title=Ownership Structure |work=About |publisher=Sydney Desalination Plant|date=2013 |access-date=16 March 2014 }}</ref> The terms of the {{AUD}}2.3 billion lease lock Sydney Water into a 50{{endash}}year water supply agreement with DSP.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/business/nsw-signs-23b-desalination-plant-deal-20120511-1ygk5.html |title=NSW signs $2.3b desalination plant deal|work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=11 May 2012 |access-date=16 March 2014 }}</ref>

==Land Ownership==

Sydney Water is the owner of numerous parklands and public areas in Sydney. Local councils and sporting facilities typically license or lease these properties from Sydney Water, in order to enable public use. Many sites are on land that are part of the historic [[Botany Water Reserves]]. Properties currently owned by Sydney Water include:

* Bonnie Doon Golf Club, Pagewood
* [[The Lakes Golf Club]], Eastlakes
* Eastlake Golf Club, Daceyville
* Mutch Park, Pagewood
* [[Astrolabe Park]], Daceyville
* Linear Park, Mascot
* Gardens-R-Us (closed), Eastlakes
* The [[Old Como railway bridge]]
* The [[Centennial Park Reservoir]]
* The [[Woollahra Reservoir]]
* The [[Hyde Park Obelisk]]
* Gilgandra Reserve, North Bondi
* Niblick Street Reserve, North Bondi
* [[Wolli Creek Regional Park]]

==Executives==
From 1888 to 1987, Sydney Water and its predecessors were managed by the president, who effectively served as chair of the board and managing director. However, with the passing of the ''Water Board Act, 1987'', the roles were split between an executive managing director and a non-executive chairman of the board.<ref>{{cite web |title=WATER BOARD ACT 1987 No. 141 |url=https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/acts/1987-141.pdf |website=legislation.nsw.gov.au |publisher=NSW Government |access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref>

===Presidents, 1888–1987===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!#
!President
!Term
!Notes
|-
!colspan=4|Board of Water Supply and Sewerage
|-
| 1
| [[Thomas Rowe]]
| 26 March 1888 – 24 March 1892
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222123643 |title=Government Gazette Appointments and Employment |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=26 March 1888 |access-date=13 June 2020 |page=2243 |via=Trove }}</ref>
|-
!colspan=4|Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage
|-
| 2
| [[Cecil West Darley]]
| 24 March 1892 – 20 March 1896
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222042416 |title=Government Gazette Appointments and Employment |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=25 March 1892 |access-date=13 June 2020 |page=2465 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{Citation| title=Portrait of Cecil West Darley| year=c. 1880| section=1 photograph : b&w; 24 x 18.5 cm. on mount 35.4 x 28.1 cm.| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-137234627| id=nla.obj-137234627| access-date=13 June 2020| via=Trove}}</ref>
|-
| –
| [[Thomas Rowe]]
| 20 March 1896 – 14 January 1899
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222215705 |title=Government Gazette Appointments and Employment |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 March 1896 |access-date=13 June 2020 |page=2046 |via=Trove }}</ref>
|-
| 3
| [[Jacob Garrard]]
| 24 January 1899 – 22 March 1904
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220989666 |title=Government Gazette Appointments and Employment |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=27 January 1899 |access-date=13 June 2020 |page=734 |via=Trove }}</ref>
|-
| 4
| [[Thomas William Keele]]
| 22 March 1904 – 22 March 1908
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226393910 |title=NOTIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF AN OFFICIAL MEMBER AND PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE. |newspaper=Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 March 1904 |access-date=13 June 2020 |page=2464 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16385678 |title=NOTED ENGINEER. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 June 1927 |access-date=13 June 2020 |page=14 |via=Trove }}</ref>
|-
| 5
| [[William James Millner]]
| 22 March 1908 – 31 March 1925
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226682447 |title=NOTIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF AN OFFICIAL MEMBER AND PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE. |newspaper=Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=25 March 1908 |access-date=13 June 2020 |page=1680 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17020617 |title=OBITUARY. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 November 1933 |access-date=13 June 2020 |page=15 |via=Trove }}</ref>
|-
!colspan=4|Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board
|-
| 6
| [[Thomas Bryce Cooper]]
| 31 March 1925 – 30 April 1935
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16203130 |title=WATER BOARD. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 March 1925 |access-date=13 June 2020 |page=8 |via=Trove }}</ref>
|-
| 7
| [[Thomas Haynes Upton]]
| 30 April 1935 – 15 April 1955
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224744980 |title=METROPOLITAN WATER, SEWERAGE, AND DRAINAGE ACTS, 1924-35. |newspaper=Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales|location=New South Wales, Australia |date=30 April 1935 |access-date=13 June 2020 |page=1822 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article246699060 |title=FOR WATER BOARD |newspaper=[[Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]|location=Sydney|date=30 April 1935 |access-date=13 June 2020 |page=1 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17166971 |title=WATER BOARD PRESIDENT. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|location=New South Wales, Australia |date=30 April 1935 |access-date=13 June 2020 |page=12 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>T. F. C. Lawrence, 'Upton, Thomas Haynes (1889–1956)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/upton-thomas-haynes-11902/text21319, published first in hardcopy 2002, accessed online 13 June 2020.</ref>
|-
| 8
| [[John Goodsell|John William Goodsell]]
| 15 April 1955 – 23 September 1960
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220300192 |title=METROPOLITAN WATER, SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE ACT, 1924-1954. |newspaper=[[Government Gazette of the State Of New South Wales]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 April 1955 |access-date=13 June 2020 |page=1011 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>Ross Curnow, 'Goodsell, Sir John William (Jack) (1906–1981)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/goodsell-sir-john-william-jack-12553/text22597, published first in hardcopy 2007, accessed online 13 June 2020.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219904672 |title=METROPOLITAN WATER, SEWERAGE, AND DRAINAGE ACT, 1924-1954 |newspaper=Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=8 April 1960 |access-date=13 June 2020 |page=1028 |via=Trove }}</ref>
|-
| 9
| [[Stanley Haviland]]
| 23 September 1960 – 22 September 1965
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220316545 |title=METROPOLITAN WATER, SEWERAGE, AND DRAINAGE ACT, 1924-1954 |newspaper=Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 September 1960 |access-date=13 June 2020 |page=2997 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>Jack Watson, 'Haviland, Stanley (1899–1972)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/haviland-stanley-10455/text18543, published first in hardcopy 1996, accessed online 13 June 2020.</ref>
|-
| 10
| [[Edwin James Walder]]
| 22 September 1965 – 15 October 1981
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220296042 |title=METROPOLITAN WATER, SEWERAGE, AND DRAINAGE ACT, 1924-1964 |newspaper= Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=3 September 1965 |access-date=13 June 2020 |page=2822 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220144660 |title=METROPOLITAN WATER, SEWERAGE, AND DRAINAGE ACT, 1924 |newspaper= Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales|location=New South Wales, Australia |date=28 July 1972 |access-date=13 June 2020 |page=2998 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219970566 |title=METROPOLITAN WATER, SEWERAGE, AND DRAINAGE ACT, 1924 |newspaper=Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 September 1979 |access-date=13 June 2020 |page=4382 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Edwin James Walder BEc (Hons) |url=https://www.budget.nsw.gov.au/node/2646 |website=The NSW Budget 2019-2020 |publisher=NSW Government |access-date=13 June 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 11
| [[Eric George Warrell]]
| 15 October 1981 – 16 June 1987
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231336812 |title=METROPOLITAN WATER, SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE ACT, 1924 |newspaper=Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=11 September 1981 |access-date=13 June 2020 |page=4811 |via=Trove }}</ref>
|}

===Managing Directors, 1987–date===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!#
!Managing Director
!Term
!Notes
|-
!colspan=4|Water Board
|-
| 1
| Robert Ernest Wilson
| 23 October 1987 – 2 April 1993
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231372560 |title=APPOINTMENTS |newspaper=Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 October 1987 |access-date=22 June 2020 |page=5949 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref name="McClellan"/>
|-
| 2
| [[Paul A. Broad|Paul Anthony Broad]]
| 5 April 1993 – 31 December 1994
| <ref name="McClellan"/>
|-
!colspan=4|Sydney Water Corporation
|-
| –
| [[Paul A. Broad|Paul Anthony Broad]]
| 1 January 1995 – 29 September 1997
| <ref name="ANZSOG">{{cite web |title=The Sydney WaterCustomer Information and Billing System |url=https://www.anzsog.edu.au/preview-documents/case-study-level-1/47-sydney-water-customer-information-and-billing-system-the-2003-1-1/file |publisher=The Australia and New Zealand School of Government |access-date=21 June 2020 |date=2006}}</ref>
|-
| 3
| Christopher Pollett
| 29 September 1997 – 19 August 1998<ref>Acting to 21 November 1997.</ref>
| <ref name="ANZSOG"/>
|-
| 4
| Warren Hart
| 19 August 1998 – 16 November 1998<ref>Acting to 1 September 1998.</ref>
| <ref name="ANZSOG"/>
|-
| 5
| Alex Walker
| 16 November 1998 – 30 November 2002
| <ref name="ANZSOG"/><ref>{{cite web |title=MR ALEX WALKER MANAGING DIRECTOR |url=http://www.sydneywater.com.au/html/About_us/alex_walker.htm |website=Sydney Water |publisher=Sydney Water Corporation |access-date=21 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010210035957/http://www.sydneywater.com.au:80/html/About_us/alex_walker.htm |archive-date=10 February 2001}}</ref>
|-
| –
| Ron Quill (Acting)
| 30 November 2002 – 26 May 2003
| <ref name="ANZSOG"/>
|-
| 6
| Gregory Francis Robinson
| 26 May 2003 – 26 February 2004
| <ref>{{cite news |title=STATE OWNED CORPORATIONS ACT 1989 - Appointment |url=https://gazette.legislation.nsw.gov.au/so/download.w3p?id=Gaz_Gazette%20Split%202003_2003-93.pdf |access-date=21 June 2020 |agency=NSW Government Gazette |issue=93 |date=30 May 2003 |page=4953}}</ref><ref name="GR">{{cite news |last1=AAP |title=Shock sacking of Sydney Water chief: new man flagged |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/shock-sacking-of-sydney-water-chief-new-man-flagged-20040227-gdifsr.html |access-date=21 June 2020 |agency=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=27 February 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cavalier style led to water chief's fall |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/cavalier-style-led-to-water-chiefs-fall-20040228-gdifzg.html |access-date=21 June 2020 |agency=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=28 February 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=ICAC clears ex-Sydney Water manager |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-10-13/icac-clears-ex-sydney-water-manager/567864 |access-date=21 June 2020 |agency=ABC News |date=13 October 2004}}</ref>
|-
| 7
| William David Evans
| 27 February 2004 – 1 August 2006<ref>Acting to 1 April 2004.</ref>
| <ref name="GR"/><ref>{{cite news |title=STATE OWNED CORPORATIONS ACT 1989 - Appointment |url=https://gazette.legislation.nsw.gov.au/so/download.w3p?id=Gaz_Gazette%20Split%202004_2004-104.pdf |access-date=21 June 2020 |agency=NSW Government Gazette |issue=104 |date=25 June 2004 |page=4681}}</ref>
|-
| 8
| [[Kerry Schott]]
| 2 August 2006 – 1 August 2011
| <ref>{{cite news |title=STATE OWNED CORPORATIONS ACT 1989 - Appointment |url=https://gazette.legislation.nsw.gov.au/so/download.w3p?id=Gaz_Gazette%20Split%202006_2006-93.pdf |access-date=21 June 2020 |agency=NSW Government Gazette |issue=93 |date= 21 July 2006|page=5757}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hyland |first1=Anne |title=Kerry Schott – heard around the world |url=https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/careers/kerry-schott-heard-around-the-world-20140621-j06fs |access-date=21 June 2020 |agency=Australian Financial Review |date=21 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Whitbourn |first1=Michaela |last2=McClymont |first2=Kate |title=Phillip Costa tells ICAC that Kerry Schott was 'nothing short of excellent' despite Obeid request to 'sack the bitch' |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/phillip-costa--tells-icac-that-kerry-schott-was-nothing-short-of-excellent-despite-obeid-request-to-sack-the-bitch-20140408-36ai1.html |access-date=21 June 2020 |agency=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=8 April 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 9
| Kevin Young
| 1 August 2011 – 31 July 2019
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Board of directors - Kevin Young (Managing Director) - B Eng (Hons), MBA, FIE Aust, CPENG, FAICD |url=http://sydneywater.com.au/WhoWeAre/BoardOfDirectorsAndExecutive/ |website=Sydney Water |publisher=Sydney Water Corporation |access-date=21 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011084032/http://sydneywater.com.au/WhoWeAre/BoardOfDirectorsAndExecutive/ |archive-date=11 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sydney Water's new Managing Director is off to a great start |url=http://sydneywater.com.au/WhoWeAre/MediaCentre/MediaView.cfm?ID=746 |access-date=21 June 2020 |agency=Sydney Water Corporation |date=2 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117034229/http://sydneywater.com.au/WhoWeAre/MediaCentre/MediaView.cfm?ID=746 |archive-date=17 November 2011 |format=Media Release}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sydney Water Chief Executive Officer announced |url=https://www.sydneywater.com.au/SW/about-us/our-publications/Media/sydney-water-chief-executive-officer-announced-/index.htm |access-date=21 June 2020 |agency=Sydney Water Corporation |date=30 May 2019 |format=Media Release}}</ref>
|-
| 10
| Roch Cheroux
| 2 September 2019 – 28 March 2025
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Sydney Water announces new CEO |url=https://watersource.awa.asn.au/business/workplace/sydney-water-announces-new-ceo/ |access-date=21 June 2020 |agency=Water Source |publisher=[[Australian Water Association]] |date=30 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Executive team > Roch Cheroux - Managing Director |url=https://www.sydneywater.com.au/SW/about-us/our-people/who-we-are/executive-team/index.htm |website=Sydney Water |publisher=Sydney Water Corporation |access-date=21 June 2020|archive-date=16 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250216183248/https://www.sydneywater.com.au/about-us/our-people/who-we-are/board-members.html}}</ref>
|-
| –
| Paul Plowman (Acting)
| 28 March 2025 – present
| <ref>{{cite news |title=New leadership for Sydney Water |url=https://www.nsw.gov.au/ministerial-releases/new-leadership-for-sydney-water |access-date=12 June 2025 |publisher=Minister for Water, NSW Government |date=28 March 2025 |format=Media Release}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Executive team > Paul Plowman – Acting Chief Executive – BE (Civil), MBA |url=https://www.sydneywater.com.au/about-us/our-people/who-we-are/executive-team.html |website=Sydney Water |publisher=Sydney Water Corporation |access-date=12 June 2025}}</ref>
|}

===Chairs, 1987–date===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!#
!Chairman
!Term
!Notes
|-
!colspan=4|Water Board
|-
| 1
| David Anthony Harley
| 19 October 1988 – 15 September 1992
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231531231 |title=WATER BOARD ACT 1987 |newspaper=Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales|location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 October 1988 |access-date=22 June 2020 |page=5489 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126976806 |title=Water Board 'fiddle' denied |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=18 February 1993 |access-date=22 June 2020 |page=15 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref name="McClellan"/>
|-
| 2
| John McMurtrie
| February 1993 – 31 December 1994
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118136940 |title=Water Board overhaul |newspaper=The Canberra Times |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=10 September 1994 |access-date=22 June 2020 |page=6 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref name="McClellan">{{cite web |last1=McClellan |first1=Peter |title=Sydney Water Inquiry - Fourth Report: Prospect Water Filtration Plant tender process and contract arrangements |url=https://www.dpc.nsw.gov.au/assets/dpc-nsw-gov-au/publications/Sydney-Water-Inquiry-listing-427/6f5d96b9aa/Fourth-Report-Prospect-Water-Filtration-Plant-tender-process-and-contract-arrangements-December-1998.pdf |publisher=New South Wales Premier's Department |access-date=21 June 2020 |date=December 1998}}</ref>
|-
!colspan=4|Sydney Water Corporation
|-
| –
| John McMurtrie
| 1 January 1995 – 21 November 1997
| <ref name="ANZSOG"/>
|-
| 3
| [[David Hill (businessman)|David Hill]]
| 21 November 1997 – August 1998
| <ref name="ANZSOG"/>
|-
| 4
| [[Gabrielle Kibble]]
| August 1998 – 31 May 2007
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Board of Directors - MRS GABRIELLE KIBBLE AO (Chairman) - BA, DipTCP, FRAPI, D Sc Hc UNSW |url=http://www.sydneywater.com.au/WhoWeAre/BoardOfDirectorsAndExecutive/ |website=Sydney Water |publisher=Sydney Water Corporation |access-date=21 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822075416/http://www.sydneywater.com.au/WhoWeAre/BoardOfDirectorsAndExecutive/ |archive-date=22 August 2006}}</ref>
|-
| 5
| [[Tom Parry (economist)|Thomas Gregory Parry]]
| 1 June 2007 – 30 September 2013
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Board of directors - Dr Thomas G Parry AM (Chairman) - BEc (Hons), MEc, PhD |url=http://sydneywater.com.au/WhoWeAre/BoardOfDirectorsAndExecutive/ |website=Sydney Water |publisher=Sydney Water Corporation |access-date=21 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011084032/http://sydneywater.com.au/WhoWeAre/BoardOfDirectorsAndExecutive/ |archive-date=11 October 2011}}</ref>
|-
| 6
| Bruce Morgan
| 1 October 2013 – 30 September 2021
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Board members - Bruce Morgan - Chairman BComm, FCA, FAICD, Adjunct Professor University of New South Wales |url=https://www.sydneywater.com.au/SW/about-us/our-people/who-we-are/board-members/index.htm |website=Sydney Water |publisher=Sydney Water Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623013754/https://www.sydneywater.com.au/SW/about-us/our-people/who-we-are/board-members/index.htm|archive-date=23 June 2020 |access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 7
| Grant King
| 1 October 2021 – 30 September 2024
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Board Members – Grant King – Chairman — BE (Civil), M (Mtg), FAICD, Professor University of New South Wales |url=https://www.sydneywater.com.au/about-us/our-people/who-we-are/board-members.html |website=Sydney Water |publisher=Sydney Water Corporation |access-date=17 March 2022|archive-date=6 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406171231/https://www.sydneywater.com.au/about-us/our-people/who-we-are/board-members.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Shepherd |first1=April |title=Sydney Water reveals new chairman |url=https://utilitymagazine.com.au/sydney-water-reveals-new-chairman/ |access-date=17 March 2022 |publisher=Utility Magazine |date=17 September 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 8
| [[Niall Blair]]
| 1 October 2024 – present
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Key Board appointments |url=https://www.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/key-board-appointments |access-date=12 June 2025 |publisher=Treasurer and Minister for Finance, NSW Government |date=20 August 2024 |format=Media Release}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Edwards |first1=Chris |title=Sydney Water announces new chair |url=https://insidewater.com.au/sydney-water-announces-new-chair/ |access-date=12 June 2025 |publisher=Inside Water |date=3 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Board members - The Hon. Niall Blair – Non-executive Director and Chair – MOHS, BAppsSc (Hort), GAICD and Adjunct Professor at Charles Sturt University |url=https://www.sydneywater.com.au/about-us/our-people/who-we-are/board-members.html |publisher=Sydney Water |access-date=12 June 2025}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.sydneywater.com.au/}}
*[https://www.maplover.me/maps/sydney-1833 Boundaries of the Metropolitan Sewerage District 1833]

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