Central Highlands Water hosts international visitors

Central Highlands Water today hosted a number of visitors from China as part of a joint Chinese-Australian governance initiative.

The visitors are primarily from Beijing and large Chinese cities and have been visiting Australia to gain an understanding of governance structures at different levels of Government.

The Chinese visitors were particularly interested in visiting a regional statutory authority to get a sense of the governance structures and procedures in place at Central Highlands Water.

The visitors were also interested to understand the process on how major infrastructure projects are delivered through Government and private partnerships under the State Government’s PPP program (Public Private Partnerships). Central Highlands Water has successfully delivered major water quality improvements to Ballarat and several surrounding towns using the PPP program.

Central Highlands Water is a State Government Statutory Authority which is managed by a Board of Directors responsible to the Hon. John Thwaites, Minister for Water, Environment and Climate Change.