Oberon Water Treatment Plant
In December 2001, commissioning of Oberon's Water Treatment Plant commenced. In May 2002, then Mayor, Councillor R. L. Hooper, opened Oberon's water treatment plant.
The construction of the plant was funded by Oberon water consumers (60%) and the Department of Land and Water Conservation (40%). The plant cost $2.2 million.
The microfiltration process to treat the water involves the water being drawn through spaghetti like strands which filter out impurities.
The Water Treatment plant has the ability to produce up to 6.5ML per day.
Development Servicing Plans For Water Supply and Sewerage - Oberon Council - July 2017(PDF, 23MB)
Water Quality Data
Oberon Council manages town water supplies as per the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines. These guidelines are non-mandatory standards, designed using the best available scientific evidence. The guidelines form part of the National Water Quality Management Strategy and are managed by the National Health and Medical Research Council.
The below links are Chemistry and Microbiology Sample Test Results, as published on the NSW Drinking Water Database:
Chemistry Analysis - March 2024(PDF, 129KB)
Microbiological Analysis - October 2024(PDF, 94KB)
Oberon's Water Supply
Oberon's water supply comes from the Fish River Water Supply Scheme which comes from the Oberon Dam situated in the Macquarie Valley near Oberon.
The scheme is operated by WaterNSW and supplies drinking water to Oberon Council, Lithgow Council, Sydney Water (Blue Mountains), Energy Australia and other smaller users.
In March 2011, Oberon's water supply allocation was increased from 750ML to 1064ML by the NSW Government, which is an additional 314 million litres annually for the township of Oberon. The WaterNSW Oberon Dam is the only water supply to the township of Oberon and does permit motorised watercraft on the lake other then passive or electric powered watercraft.
There is approximately 40km of water main used to reticulate the water supply to Oberon's water users.
Asbestos cement pipes originally installed in 1964 are being systematically replaced with PVC pipes.
An annual allocation of $160,000 is being committed by Council to replace water mains as part of the water mains renewal program.