Keep Burnie Water

Our Water

Burnie's water and sewerage assets are worth $173 million replacement cost
Current Written Down Value is $94.7 million
33% of Council's rate income ($7.2 million) comes from water, sewerage, stormwater and catchment management (Integrated Services)
Most ratepayers pay $575 for Integrated Services - one of the lowest levels in the State. This is broken down into Water $207, Sewerage $253, Stormwater $107 and catchment management $8
Burnie's new Waste Water (Sewerage) Treatment Plant is Council's single biggest infrastructure project ever at $16 million
Burnie City Council fully complies with all environmental standards for water and sewerage
Burnie has never had a boil water alert
Burnie has never had water restrictions
Burnie has not had any help from State or Commonwealth, unlike Cradle Coast Water and others