Sydney Catchment Authority [SEP] inception
Sydney Catchment Authority
The Sydney Catchment Authority was a statutory authority of the Government of New South Wales created in 1999 to manage and protect drinking water catchments and catchment infrastructure, and supplies bulk water to its customers, including Sydney Water and a number of local government authorities in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
The authority was led by its Chief Executive, who reported to the Board of the authority that was ultimately responsible to the Minister for Primary Industries and Minister for Regional Water.
The authority was established
Rivers Catchment Management Authority
- Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority
- Sydney Catchment Authority
- Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority
- Western Catchment Management Authority
From January 2014, the NSW Government established Local Land Services to replace the CMAs. The eleven Local Land Services Regions are established within the NSW Primary Industries portfolio.
From 10 March 2014, the Sydney Catchment Authority was absorbed into Bulk Water NSW