with actewagl . icon water limited type government owned corporation industry public utility founded 1 july 1995 1995 07 01 headquarters canberra australia area served australian capital territory key people dr michael b easson am chairman john knox managing director services drinking water wastewater stormwater revenue a 292.6 m 2015 net income a 100.3 m 2015 owner act government number of employees 387 2015 subsidiaries icon distribution investments limited icon retail investments limited actewagl 50 % ecowise environmental pty limited 50 % website www.iconwater.com.au footnotes references 1 icon water limited is a water and wastewater public utility that is a territory owned corporation wholly owned by the government of the australian capital territory . the company s only voting shareholders are the chief minister and deputy chief minister of the australian capital territory . icon water limited trades principally under the name of icon water and provides drinking water and wastewater services to the australian capital territory . icon water limited is also a 50 % owner of actewagl a multi utility provider of electricity and gas services . icon water was re branded from the previous company actew corporation on 4 may 2015 . the reasons for changing from actew corporation to icon water are listed as brand confusion with electricity and gas supplier actewagl the name actew no longer being relevant in the company s operations disconnect between the company s origin and future and the change was recommended by the company board endorsed by the shareholders . 2 contents 1 history and relevant legislation 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history and relevant legislation edit the origins of the icon water limited previously actew corporation go back to the australian public service . the functions were transferred from the commonwealth government to the act government in 1962 when the australian capital territory electricity authority was established . its functions were then transferred to the australian capital territory electricity and water authority in 1998 ; and the current corporate entity was established under the corporations act cth in 1995 . in addition the company now has obligations under the utilities act 2000 act water resources act 2007 act environment protection act 1997 act water and sewerage act 2000 act and the public health act 1997 act . 3 in june 2012 the then actew corporation did not renew actewagl s contact for the management and operation of the water and sewerage network of the act and surrounding area managed since 2000 . 4 see also edit australian capital territory portal actewagl bendora dam cotter dam googong dam tantangara dam references edit annual report to the act government 2014 15 pdf . icon water limited . 2015 . retrieved 28 november 2015 . a new chapter . icon water limited . 2014 . retrieved 28 november 2015 . who are we . icon water limited . 2015 . retrieved 28 november 2015 . who are we . icon water limited . 2015 . retrieved 28 november 2015 . external links edit interactive act water supply map . icon water limited . 2015 . this article about an australian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article relating to the city of canberra or the australian capital territory is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title icon water limited & oldid 710597800 categories australian capital territorypower companies of australiawater companies of australiawater management in the australian capital territoryaustralian company stubsaustralian capital territory stubshidden categories use australian english from april 2013all wikipedia articles written in australian englishuse dmy dates from april 2013all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 17 march 2016 at 22 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view