The ACT Water Supply System
ACTEW Water owns and operates the ACT's water and wastewater assets, providing water services to the people of the ACT.
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The quality of water from the catchment to consumers is evaluated through physical, chemical, and microbiological analysis of water samples from the dams, treatment plants, service reservoirs, and garden taps of Canberra residents.
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ACTEW Water provides over 100 million litres of treated water each day to Canberra and Queanbeyan residents (via Queanbeyan City Council).
Click here to learn more about water treatment at our Mt Stromlo and Googong Water Treatment Plants.
Environmental flows are released from all four of Canberra’s water supply reservoirs based on hydrological records. In the Cotter catchment these are the Corin, Bendora and Cotter reservoirs. In the Googong catchment is the Googong reservoir.
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ACTEW's water supply map demonstrates our water supply and treatment systems which connect and weave across our city.
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ACTEW Water's dam level graphs display information including daily ACT dam storage levels, combined dam storage levels over 3 years, daily water consumption for the past 14 days, and annual water consumption for past 10 years.
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