NSW Engineering Timeline: Sydney, Newcastle & ACT Water Supply
| Pre 1788 | 1788-1799 | 1800-1819 | 1820-1839 | 1840-1859 | 1860-1879 | 1880-1899 | |
| WATER SUPPLY | Wells, springs & Tank Stream. Tanks constructed 1790. Rivers and streams. |
Tank Stream abandoned 1826. Busby's Bore 1827-1837. |
Botany Swamps water supply 1858. | Sewerage and Health Board created, 1875. | Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Act 1880 & Board of Water Supply & Sewerage constituted. Hunter’s first drinking water reservoir (The Res) constructed, 1882. First drinking water to Newcastle by 1885. Hudson Brother’s Emergency Water Supply Scheme created, 1886. Water from Walka Water Scheme to Newcastle & Maitland, 1887. Stage 1 of Upper Nepean Scheme opened 1888. Manly Dam, 1892.. | ||
| 1788-1799 | 1800-1819 | 1820-1839 | 1840-1859 | 1860-1879 | 1880-1899 |
| 1900-1919 | 1920-1939 | 1940-1959 | 1960-1979 | 1980-1999 | 2000-2019 | |
| WATER SUPPLY | Wollongong water supply connected 1903. Cataract Dam completed, 1907 |
Chichester Dam completed 1926. Cordeaux Dam completed 1926. Avon Dam completed, 1927. Walka Water Works shut down, 1931. Nepean Dam completed, 1935. Stage 2 of Upper Nepean Water supply completed, 1935. Newcastle’s Tomago Sandbeds Water Supply Scheme, 1936. |
Woronora Dam completed, 1941. Warragamba Dam constructed, 1946 – 1960. Newcastle’s Grahamstown Dam, 1956-67. |
Sydney Water Board corporatised & renamed Sydney Water Corporation, 1994. Prospect Water Filtration Plant completed, 1996. Sydney Catchment Authority (SCA) established, 1999. |
Rouse Hill Recycled Water Scheme delivers recycled water via dual reticulation, 2001–2002. Sydney Desalination Plant at Kurnell, opened 2010. Kooragang Recycled Water Scheme, 2014. | |
| 1900-1919 | 1920-1939 | 1940-1959 | 1960-1979 | 1980-1999 | 2000-2019 |
