About Us
 Power and Water Corporation provides electricity, water and sewerage services to more than 80,000 customers around the Northern Territory. Power and Water is one of the largest businesses in the NT with a $1 billion asset investment program and more than 750 employees.
Power
Power and Water Corporation operates generation
facilities across the Northern
Territory, using gas, diesel, solar and combined
technologies. This includes installation of the latest technology, for example
the 45MW LM6000 gas turbine generator installed at Channel Island Power
Station. An innovative ice cooling and storage solution improves efficiency in
hot, tropical conditions. It also includes pioneering energy-efficient
innovations, for example the combined diesel-solar generation at Bulman and Kings Canyon,
completed in 2003.
Read more about Power and Water Corporation’s renewable energy projects.
Our total capacity is more than 380
megawatts. Power and Water Corporation’s gas turbine power station at Channel Island, on
Darwin Harbour’s Middle Arm, is the Territory’s largest power station (254
megawatts) Ron Goodin Power Station at Alice Springs is the 2nd largest (50.6
megawatts).
Katherine’s power station (19.5 megawatts),
about 300 kilometres south of Darwin, is linked
to the Channel Island facility by a 132,000 volt
transmission line. The Darwin-Katherine system links the Channel Island,
Berrimah, Pine Creek, and Katherine power stations. Pine Creek is privately
owned. The Darwin-Katherine system represents about three-quarters of the
generating capacity owned by Power and Water Corporation.
Power and Water Corporation owns eight minor power
stations dedicated to smaller townships at Borroloola, Daly Waters, Elliott, Kings Canyon,
Newcastle Waters, Timber Creek, Ti Tree and Yulara. The corporation also
operates 68 remote community power stations, largely diesel powered.
View the electricity network map
Water
Power and Water Corporation provides water supply and
sewerage services within five major and thirteen minor centres.
Most water supplies rely on groundwater,
however Darwin and Katherine use a combination of groundwater and surface water
supplies. Limited water treatment is required and in most cases supplies are
only disinfected prior to use. Yulara is an exception where a desalination
plant is operated. In both Yulara and Alice Springs,
non-potable groundwater supplies are reticulated for irrigation usage.
All
major centres have reticulated sewerage however some minor centres rely on
septic tank system. Sewage is mostly treated via waste stabilisation ponds. The
volume of sewage treated is approximately 20,000 million litres per year. We
have developed a number of reclaimed water schemes to reduce the load on
drinking water supplies and protect the environment.
View
the Water Supply Map
View the Sewerage System Map |
