Broken Hill water pricing reviews

Overview

What’s this about?

IPART has released a draft report for maximum prices Essential Water can charge for its water and wastewater services in the Broken Hill region from 1 July 2026.

Our draft decision is to cap residential bill increases so that the annual bill for a typical household would increase by 4.7% plus inflation each year, for the next 5 years.

IPART also released draft maximum prices that WaterNSW can charge for bulk water delivery via the Broken Hill pipeline. While pipeline charges would increase, they are expected to continue to be covered by the NSW Government and would not affect Essential Water customers for the coming pricing period, with only a small number of offtake customers impacted.

We are inviting customers and interested stakeholders in the Broken Hill area to provide feedback on these draft decisions and will consider all comments made through submissions and survey before we make our final decisions.

Have your say

Have your say by 28 April 2026.

There are 3 ways to provide feedback.