Water Restrictions

The Bureau of Meteorology’s Water Restrictions website provides access to current water restrictions information for the whole of Australia. Water restrictions information can be searched by State or Territory, water agency and restriction name. Water restriction names and rules vary throughout Australia due to local requirements.

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Lower Hunter

Agency name:
Hunter Water Corporation
Area web address:
http://www.hunterwater.com.au
Area description:

Hunter Water is a State-owned Corporation providing water and wastewater services to over half a million people in the lower Hunter region. There are 227,695 properties connected to the water network.

Our area of operation covers 5,366km2 with a population of 560,603 in the local government areas of Cessnock, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Newcastle, Port Stephens, Dungog and small parts of Singleton.

Current Restriction

Restriction name:
Stage 1
Restriction type:
Permanent
Start date:
16/09/2019
End date:
Restriction web address:
http://www.hunterwater.com.au/Water-and-Sewer/Water-Supply/Water-Restrictions.aspx
Description summary:

Ban fixed sprinklers and limited hours use of hand held hoses