Our Organisation
Lower Murray Urban and Rural Water Authority was created under the provisions of the Water Act 1989 via Order in Council effective 1 of July 2004. It assumed the whole of the property, rights, liabilities, obligations, powers and functions under the Water Act 1989 of the Lower Murray Region Water Authority and Sunraysia Rural Water Authority. LMW reports to the Minister for Water, Environment & Climate Change Ms Lisa Neville.
The Water (Governance Act) 2006 varied the form and title of Lower Murray Water and established new governance arrangements effective from 1 July 2007. Lower Murray Urban and Rural Water Authority is now Lower Murray Urban and Rural Water Corporation.
On 19 August 2008 a Ministerial Determination under Section 87 of the Water Act 1989, appointed Lower Murray Urban and Rural Water Corporation to take over the whole of the functions, powers and duties of First Mildura Irrigation Trust under the Act, including its functions in respect of all of its districts under the Act.
Our core business is to meet the present and future needs of our customers and community by providing reliable and secure water services.
We operate along the Murray River, from Kerang to the South Australian border, in the municipalities of Gannawarra, Swan Hill and Mildura. We provide this extensive region with urban water and sewerage treatment, supply and disposal; river quality water for stock and irrigation; and collection and disposal of subsurface irrigation drainage. Our goal is to contribute to the economic, social and cultural development of our region and its many communities with environmentally responsible and sustainable water management.
Our Objectives and Strategies
Customer Focused – right service, right time.
Maintaining compliant performance while improving cost effectiveness of operations and assets.
Increasing use of modernised infrastructure across the Corporation.
Increasing the resilience of services to changing and extreme weather.
Managing the Corporation in accordance with expected standards of corporate behaviour.
Managing the Corporation’s assets and finances responsibly and sustainably.
Providing an engaged, skilled and diverse workforce to deliver our vision and mission.
Providing our services equitably and with respect to a diverse community.
Our Vision
The Board envisages that LMW will become the leading regional water corporation in Victoria by:
- Close engagement with our community and customers.
- Being resilient in times of adversity and change.
- Being a regional leader.
We will deliver outcomes to our communities by:
- Catering for sustained growth in our urban business.
- Promoting growth in our rural business.
- Being sustainable, measured by finance, a productive culture and a lighter environmental footprint.
Statement of Obligations
Under s. 4l of the Water Industry Act 1994, the Minister for Water may make and issue statements of obligations to water corporations.
These statements specify the obligations of Victoria’s water corporations in relation to the performance of their functions and the exercise of their powers.
Statement of Obligations (General)
This statement sets out a broad range of obligations and guiding principles applicable to all water corporations. It revokes and replaces all previous statements of obligations made and issued to a water corporation under s. 4I of the Water Industry Act 1994, with the exception of the Statement of Obligations (System Management) issued by the Minister for Water on 16 January 2015.
Statements of Obligations (Emission Reduction)
This statement sets out the water sector’s emissions reduction obligations to be achieved by 2025.