Icon Water
{{distinguish|ActewAGL}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2013}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Icon Water Limited
| logo = Icon_Water_Logo.png
| type = Government-owned corporation
| founder =
| area_served = Australian Capital Territory
| key_people = Carol Lilley (Chair),
Ray Hezkial (Managing Director)
| industry = Public utility
| genre =
| products =
| services = Drinking water, wastewater, stormwater
| revenue = {{decrease}} A$450.6m (2024)[https://www.iconwater.com.au/sites/default/files/2024-12/Icon%20Water%20Annual%20Report%202023-24_0.pdf Icon Water Limited – Annual report to the ACT Government 2023-24]
| operating_income = {{increase}} A$76.3m (2024)
| owner = ACT Government
| parent =
| divisions =
| subsid = Icon Distribution Investments Limited,
Icon Retail Investments Limited,
ActewAGL (50%),
Ecowise Environmental Pty Limited (50%)
| footnotes =
| foundation = {{start date|1995|07|01|df=y}}
| location_city = Canberra
| location_country = Australia
| location =
| origins =
| profit = {{decrease}} A$31.5m (2024)
| company_slogan =
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.iconwater.com.au/|www.iconwater.com.au}}
| dissolved =
}}
Icon Water Limited, trading principally as Icon Water, is a water and wastewater public utility that is an Australian Capital Territory-owned corporation. The company provides drinking water and wastewater services to the ACT. Icon Water is also a 50% owner of ActewAGL, a multi-utility provider of electricity and gas services in the ACT and south-east New South Wales. Icon Water Limited is also the owner of Bendora Dam, Corin Dam (further upstream), Cotter Dam (further downstream) and Googong Dam in New South Wales. Water is gravity fed to Canberra via the Bendora Gravity Main and pumped from Googong Dam. Icon Water operates, and maintains 50 service reservoirs, 25 pump stations, 2 water treatment plants, 27 sewage pumping stations, 4 sewage treatments plants, over 3,400 km of sewer pipelines and over 3,400 km of water pipelines.
Icon Water Limited is wholly owned by the Government of the Australian Capital Territory, with the only voting shares being held by the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Climate Change, Environment, Energy and Water.[https://www.iconwater.com.au/About-Us/Who-are-we.aspx https://www.iconwater.com.au/About/Who-are-we.aspx]
History and relevant legislation
The origins of the Icon Water Limited (previously ACTEW Corporation) go back to the Australian Public Service. The Australian Capital Territory Electricity Authority was established in 1962, with functions transferred from the Commonwealth Government to the ACT Government. In 1988 its functions were transferred to the Australian Capital Territory Electricity and Water Authority.{{cite act|type=Act|index=A1988-30|date=1 July 1988|title=Energy and Water Act 1988|url=https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/1988-30/|language=English}}
The ACTEW Corporation was established under the {{Cite Legislation AU|Cth|act|ca1995|Corporations Act}} in 1995 to take over the Authority's functions. The company was given obligations under the {{Cite Legislation AU|ACT|act|ua2000|Utilities Act 2000}}, {{Cite Legislation AU|ACT|act|wra2000|Water Resources Act 2007}}, {{Cite Legislation AU|ACT|act|epa1997|Environment Protection Act 1997}}, {{Cite Legislation AU|ACT|act|wsa2000|Water and Sewerage Act 2000}} and the {{Cite Legislation AU|ACT|act|pha1997|Public Health Act 1997}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.iconwater.com.au/about-us/who-are-we|title=Who are we?|publisher=Icon Water Limited|year=2015|accessdate=28 November 2015}}
In October 2000 ACTEW Corporation joined with the Australian Gas Light Company (AGL) to form ActewAGL to jointly provide electricity and gas services in the ACT and south-east New South Wales.{{cite book |last=Wright|first=B.|year=2003|title=Canberra & the Capital Region, a new focus|publisher=Focus Publishing Pty Ltd|location=NSW}}
In 2000 ACTEW Corporation entered into a contract with ActewAGL for the management and operation of the water and sewerage network of the ACT and surrounding area. The contract was not renewed in June 2012.
On 4 May 2015 ACTEW Corporation was renamed Icon Water Limited. The reasons given for the change were brand confusion with electricity and gas supplier ActewAGL, the name ACTEW no longer being relevant in the company's operations, disconnect between the company's origin and future.{{cite web|url=https://www.iconwater.com.au/About/A-new-chapter.aspx|title=A new chapter|publisher=Icon Water Limited|year=2014|accessdate=28 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208111120/https://www.iconwater.com.au/About/A-new-chapter.aspx|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=dead}}
See also
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References
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External links
- {{cite web|url=https://www.iconwater.com.au/Water-and-Sewerage-System/ACT-Water-Supply-Map.aspx|title=Interactive ACT water supply map|publisher=Icon Water Limited|year=2015|access-date=27 November 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208180207/https://www.iconwater.com.au/Water-and-Sewerage-System/ACT-Water-Supply-Map.aspx|url-status=dead}}
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Category:Electric power companies of Australia
Category:Water companies of Australia
Category:Water management in the Australian Capital Territory
Category:Government-owned companies of Australia
Category:Australian companies established in 1995
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