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Hi. My name's Cameron FitzGerald and I'm
the General Manager, Strategy and

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Planning at City West Water.  City West
water proudly serves more than 1 million

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residential customers and 40,000
businesses in Melbourne CBD inner and

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western suburbs. Our vision is to be an
exceptional service provider that puts

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customers first and benefits the
community. As part of this vision we've

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carefully crafted an urban water
strategy to plan our water supply and

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sewage services for the next 50 years. So
what's the Urban Water Strategy all

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about? The Urban Water Strategy sets out
our approach to ensure there is enough

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water for homes, businesses, the
environment and green spaces that

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promote healthy lifestyles and cool our
suburbs. Sewage and our sewerage services

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will continue to be managed to protect
public health and the environment. The

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strategy takes into account the views of
our diverse customer base who want

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reliable access to safe and affordable
water services. It takes into account a

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changing climate.
For example the annual days in Melbourne

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above 35 degrees are set to increase
from 9 to 26 in the next 50 years.

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We're also going to see less rainfall in our
region compared to the south and eastern

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suburbs. The strategy also focuses on our
rapidly growing and complex service area.

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We serve Melbourne's CBD - a growing
economic and tourist hub. We also serve a

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rapidly growing population. Melbourne's
population in the west is currently 1

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million today and is expected to hit 2.3
million in 50 years time. Finally we

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serve the greatest concentration of
industrial customers in Melbourne.

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So what's the plan? The urban water strategy
is centered around five key pillars.

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We want to make every drop count. We want to
supply quality water from a range of

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sources. We are going to continue to manage

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wastewater for a cleaner environment.
We're going to build partnerships that

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lead to livable communities and we're
going to engage with our customers to

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plan and invest in what they value. It's
all part of our commitment to putting

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customers first and benefiting the
community.

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You can take a look for yourself at how
City West Water is ensuring your water

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supply on the urban water strategy page
of our website.