Current Status of Recycling Most large investment in regional infrastructure during drought coming to completion NSW Office of Water working with ARWCE to collate information on projects over 50ML/yr in NSW Sydney Metropolitan Water Plan Recycled water and stormwater harvesting projects funded Lower Hunter Water Plan All portfolios considered wastewater and stormwater harvesting

Proposed for 2030 Sydney Metropolitan Water Plan Currently reviewing 2010 Plan for next iteration and investigating stronger integration between land use and water planning water

Gaps/ Barriers/ Hurdles MWP investigation of institutional barriers to water recycling Pricing and cost recovery Integration in water, wastewater and stormwater planning Mechanisms to identify cost effective recycled water opportunities Private sector involvement- review of Water Industry Competition Act 38 submissions from councils, government agencies and private industry to discussion paper Risk based regulation Integration with development approvals The financial viability of schemes should be considered

New WIC framework Refocusing Act on utility-like schemes Reducing regulatory gap Removing barriers to entry Strengthening customer protection Introducing entity licensing Introducing separate scheme approval paper

National Consistency Support for implementation of Guidelines –stormwater National Validation framework Financial viability tools Sharing of Models of competition Pricing/cost recovery Case studies and lessons Capacity development Models for integrated water and land use planning