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Sydney Winner of 2006 Stockholm INDUSTRY ::::::::::::: WATER AWARD SW Ref MD004613 Mr Mark Duffy Director General Department of Water and Energy GPO Box 3889 SYDNEY NSW 2001 Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments on your Department's document 'Reforming arrangements for regulating plumbing and drainage in New South Wales Discussion Paper', November 2008. Sydney Water supports the need for reform of existing regulatory arrangements. Sydney Water believes that a single regulatory agency incorporating standard setting, licensing and regulation of plumber performance through inspection auditing best meet objectives in an era of water industry competition. Sydney Water also supports the adoption of the outcome based Plumbing Code of Australia instead of the more prescriptive NSW Code of Practice on Plumbing and Drainage. Sydney Water places a high priority on facilitating new connections to its water and sewerage systems and has a number of systems, processes and improvement projects underway to ensure this occurs. Sydney Water welcomes any other suggestions on how it could further facilitate speedy connections to its networks. Our full submission is enclosed. This submission has also been sent to [email protected]. Yours sincerely Kerry Schott Managing Director /V,../ ,.-( Sydney Wat er Corporation ABN 49 776 225 038 115-123 Bathurst Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia PO Box 53 Sydney South NSW 1235 Australia Tel13 20 92 Fax (02) 9350 4466 DX 14 Sydney www.sydneywater.com.au

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Sydney

WAT~R

Winner of 2006

Stockholm INDUSTRY ::::::::::::: WATER AWARD

SW Ref MD004613

Mr Mark Duffy Director General Department of Water and Energy GPO Box 3889 SYDNEY NSW 2001

Dear~/1pi Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments on your Department's document 'Reforming arrangements for regulating plumbing and drainage in New South Wales Discussion Paper', November 2008.

Sydney Water supports the need for reform of existing regulatory arrangements. Sydney Water believes that a single regulatory agency incorporating standard setting, licensing and regulation of plumber performance through inspection auditing best meet objectives in an era of water industry competition.

Sydney Water also supports the adoption of the outcome based Plumbing Code of Australia instead of the more prescriptive NSW Code of Practice on Plumbing and Drainage.

Sydney Water places a high priority on facilitating new connections to its water and sewerage systems and has a number of systems, processes and improvement projects underway to ensure this occurs. Sydney Water welcomes any other suggestions on how it could further facilitate speedy connections to its networks.

Our full submission is enclosed. This submission has also been sent to [email protected].

Yours sincerely

Kerry Schott Managing Director ~ /V,../ ,.-(

Sydney Wat er Corporation ABN 49 776 225 038

115-123 Bathurst Street Sydney NSW 2000 Aust ralia PO Box 53 Sydney South NSW 1235 Australia Tel13 20 92 Fax (02) 9350 4466 DX 14 Sydney www.sydneywater.com.au

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