Water Corporation facts and figures
Information for Western Australia in 2008-09
Operational assets and works
Water | |
| Dams and weirs | 105 |
| Water treatment plants | 265 |
| Water pump stations | 474 |
| Length of mains | 32,916 kilometres |
| Water supply assets | $6.4 billion |
Wastewater | |
| Wastewater treatment plants | 105 |
| Wastewater pumping stations | 1,122 |
| Length of wastewater mains | 15,002 kilometres |
| Recycled water schemes | 60 |
| Wastewater assets | $5.2 billion |
Drainage | |
| Properties served | 339,127 |
| Declared drainage area | 452,101 hectares |
Irrigation | |
| Area irrigated | 603 hectares |
| Water supplied | more than 240 billion litres |
Supply and demand
| Water supply population | 930,609 properties connected |
Annual volume of water supplied | 361 billion litres |
| Average metro household consumption | 268 kilolitres |
| Average metro per capita consumption | 102.3 kilolitres |
| Wastewater population | 789,903 properties connected |
| Amount of wastewater treated | 148 billion litres |
| Total desalination output | 43 billion litres |
| Total groundwater output | 145 billion litres |
| Total hills sources (metro dams) output | 121 billion litres |
Water quality
| Overall quality of drinking water (chemical and microbiological requirements) | 100% compliant |
| Number of water quality tests completed in 2008-09 | 96,969 |
Finance
| Total revenue | $1.7 billion |
| Operating profit after tax | $512 million |
| Capital Works | $1 billion |
| Average number of employees | 2,749 |
| Average household water charges (2008-09 metro) | $382 per year, including a water usage charge of $202 |
