Agency:
Rivers and Water Supply Commission
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Nov 1957
End Date:
01 Jul 2011
Description:
The new Commission took over the functions of the former Water Sewerage and Drainage Board and the North Esk Regional Water Supply Scheme on 1 November 1957.;;;;The Commission was established to manage the maintainance of works for water supply; control of the taking of water from rivers and lakes; the maintainance of natural drainage systems; and prevention of pollution of rivers and lakes. The Act provided for a three member Commission. Its functions expanded to include examining municipal water, sewerage and drainage proposals, measuring stream flows and flood levels, producing statistics and investigating the availability of water for future use, and implementing the fluoridation of water supplies.;;;;As part of a general reorganisation of the Tasmanian State Service, on 17 July 1989, the Commission was amalgamated with the Mines Department to become part of the new Department of Resources and Energy.;;;;Two subsidiaries to the Commission were created in 2008, the Tasmanian Irrigation Development Board pty ltd in March and Tasmanian Irrigation Schemes pty ltd in September.;;;;On 1 July 2011 Tasmanian Irrigation Pty Ltd was established to merge the responsibilities of the former Rivers and Water Supply Commission and the RWSC's two subsidiaries, Tasmanian Irrigation Development Board Pty Ltd and Tasmanian Irrigation Schemes Pty Ltd. The Irrigation Company Act 2011 which created Tasmanian Irrigation Pty Ltd also provided for the RWSC to be abolished.
Information Sources:
Commission annual reports and the Tasmanian Irrigation pty ltd website
Legislation Administered:
Australian Titan Products Act 1945, Clyde Water Act 1898, Cressy-Longford Irrigation Act 1969, Cressy-Longford Irrigation Water Act 1972, Huon Valley Pulp and Paper Act 1959, Irrigation Clauses Act 1973, Lakes Sorell and Crescent Conservation Act 1901, Macquarie Water Act 1892, North Esk Regional Water Act 1960, Rivers Pollution Act 1881, Rossarden Water Act 1954, Sewers and Drains Act 1954, Thomas Owen and Co. (Australia) Limited Act 1948, Water Act 1957, Waterworks Clauses Act 1952, West Tamar Water Act 1960
Legislation Creating:
Water Act 1957 (No.39 of 1957)
Legislation Abolishing Agency:
Irrigation Company Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011)
Functions Performed:
Resources, land and water management
Controlled Agencies:
Tasmanian Irrigation Development Board Pty Ltd (TA1800) | 01 Mar 2008 | 01 Jul 2011 |
Tasmanian Irrigation Schemes Pty Ltd (TA1902) | 01 Sep 2008 | 01 Jul 2011 |
Controlling Agencies:
Department of Resources and Energy (TA919) | 17 Jul 1989 | 18 Feb 1992 |
Department of Primary Industry, Fisheries and Energy (TA986) | 18 Feb 1992 | 03 Feb 1993 |
Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries (TA1095) | 03 Feb 1993 | 18 Sep 1998 |
Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment (TA1542) | 18 Sep 1998 | 05 Apr 2006 |
Department of Primary Industries & Water (TA1710) | 05 Apr 2006 | 30 Jun 2009 |
Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (TA1807) | 01 Jul 2009 | 01 Dec 2021 |
Previous Agencies:
Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board (TA165) | 01 Jan 1944 | 31 Dec 1957 |
North Esk Regional Water Supply Scheme (TA925) | 12 Apr 1949 | 01 Nov 1958 |
Related Agencies:
Cressy-Longford Irrigation Water District Advisory Committee (NG3561) | 30 Apr 1970 |
Subsequent Agencies:
Tasmanian Irrigation Pty Ltd (TA1905) | 01 Jul 2011 |
Series Created By Agency:
AA92 General Correspondence, including Correspondence of Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board. | 16 Jun 1909 | 06 Feb 1974 |
AD747 General Correspondence | 01 Jan 1936 | 31 Aug 1993 |
AF867 Minutes of the Rivers and Water Supply Commission | 05 Jul 1957 | 22 Dec 1995 |
AA53 Stream Gauging Charts. | 01 Jan 1961 | 31 Dec 1994 |
AA93 Sealed Drawings of Water Supply, Sewerage, and Drainage Schemes. | 01 Jan 1962 | 31 Dec 1976 |
AF870 Minutes of Meetings | 23 Jan 1967 | 04 Jun 1999 |