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Water Industry Licence - South Australia

Description

You will need this licence to provide retail services in the water industry. Retail services consist of the sale and supply of water or the sale and supply of sewerage services for the removal of storage. Examples include:

  • drinking water - residential and / or non-residential
  • non-drinking water - residential and / or non-residential
  • residential sewerage - residential and / or non-residential
  • sewerage trade waste - non-residential.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for this licence, you must:

  • demonstrate a suitable standard of honesty and integrity (this may also apply to the officers and major shareholders of your company)
  • have suitable financial, technical and human resources
  • have a suitable and appropriate infrastructure.

Duration

Your licence may be issued for an indefinite period or for a specified term.

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Amount Description
Apply Application All $294.00

Fees for 2025-26
Transfer Transfer All $545.00

Plus a technical assessment fee of $366.00. Fees for 2025-26
Vary Variation All $545.00

Plus a technical assessment fee of $366.00. Fees for 2025-26

Approval time

Approximately 16 weeks

Administering agency

Essential Services Commission of South Australia

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.

Supporting information

Licensing (Opens in new window)