Review of Water and Sewerage Capital Contribution Code

• Issues paper

  5 November 2024

• Submissions to the issues paper

  14 February 2025

• Draft report

  30 June 2025

• Submissions to the draft report

  30 July 2025

• Final report

  1 September 2025

The commission has completed its review of the Water and Sewerage Capital Contribution Code, first approved in 2017.

The code provides the framework to ensure that future water and sewerage infrastructure can support population growth in the ACT.

Final Report and revised Water and Sewerage Capital Contribution Code

On Monday, 1 September 2025, the commission released its final report and a revised Water and Sewerage Capital Contribution Code following the review.

A copy of the final report, revised Code, media release and a fact sheet is available below.

Submissions on draft report and proposed Code

Draft Report and proposed Water and Sewerage Capital Contribution Code

Release of Draft Report and proposed Water and Sewerage Capital Contribution Code

On Monday, 30 June 2025, the commission released its draft decision and a new proposed Capital Contribution Code as part of the review of the current Code.

A copy of the draft report, the proposed Code, and media release are available below.

As part of the review, the commission requested further information from Icon Water to support its assessment. A copy of Icon Water’s response is available below.

Stakeholder submissions on the draft report and proposed Code were open until Wednesday, 30th July 2025.

The received submissions will be published alongside the final report.

Review of Water and Sewerage Capital Contribution Code

Release of Issues Paper: Review of Water and Sewerage Capital Contribution Code

On Tuesday 5 November 2024, we released an issues paper as the first step in our review process.

Stakeholder submissions on the issues paper were due by Friday 14 February 2025.

We have published the received submissions below. We will update the page with any late submissions that come through.