Macarthur Water Treatment Plant

Client Agency:

Sydney Water Corporation

Project Description:

The project requires the private sector to finance, design and construct, own, operate and maintain the water treatment plant in the Camden, Campbelltown and Wollondilly areas.

Private Sector Partners:

• Macarthur Water Pty Ltd consortium (formerly NWT Water Pty Ltd) comprising of Transfield Holdings Pty Ltd, North West Water International Limited and North West Water Group PLC. 

Project Details:

Contract value: $123.1 million (Estimated Capital Cost at the time of the contract award) 

Contract term: September 1993 to September 2030

Operation began: September 1995

Project Variations:

August 2018

• Sydney Water and Macarthur Water reached agreement to upgrade the water filtration plant to ensure delivery of quality potable water in the Macarthur region.

10 Oct 2010 

• Sydney Water and Macarthur Water reached agreement on extending the Macarthur Water Filtration Agreement. The key aspects of the renegotiated contract include:
  1. extension of the concession term for 10 years from 2020 to 2030; and
  2. removal of the obligation for Sydney Water to purchase the plant at replacement cost in 2020; and
  3. increased availability payment up until the end of term in 2030.