Quiet Lakes bore flushing tariff review 2017 (Melbourne Water)

Overview

We have released our final decision on the Quiet Lakes bore flushing tariff.

Our final decision considers Melbourne Water’s proposal and the legislation and regulation that guides our pricing role. We considered all feedback from our consultation process.

There was an appeal of our final decision, where the Essential Services Commission appeal panel affirmed our final decision dated 21 June 2017.

View the amendment to the determination made during Melbourne Water’s 2016 price review.

Final decision

The final decision to amend the Melbourne Water Price Review 2016 – Determination allows Melbourne Water to charge up to $118 per annum for bore flushing and monitoring services, to be levied on properties that border either Lake Legana or Lake Illawong in the Quiet Lakes area of Patterson Lakes.

Melbourne Water may charge the tariff from 1 July 2017. The tariff does not affect any other Melbourne Water customers, and is not subject to indexation or increase in the period to and including 2020–21.

We started the review process in November 2016

On 28 November 2016, Melbourne Water submitted a proposal for a new Quiet Lakes bore-flushing tariff, which would apply from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2021. It would be levied on 251 properties that border Lake Legana and Lake Illawong within the Quiet Lakes area in Patterson Lakes.

We issued a draft decision in April. We received a number of submissions from stakeholders following the release of our draft decision. We considered the view we received in submissions before making our final decision.