water corporation type electricity and water supplier headquarters darwin australia area served northern territory owner government of the northern territory website powerwater.com.au power and water corporation is a northern territory government owned corporation in the northern territory . power and water is the northern territory s premier provider of electricity water and sewerage services . the power and water corporation was formed on 1 july 2002 taking over from the former government utility power and water authority . power and water became the first government owned corporation in the northern territory . the corporation has more than 142 120 customers . contents 1 electricity 2 water 3 references 4 external links electricity edit power and water owns eight minor power stations . these include the channel island power station on darwin harbour s middle arm which is the largest power station in the northern territory and the ron goodin power station at alice springs the 2nd largest power station . the katherine power station and the berrimah power station are linked to the channel island power station . the darwin katherine system links from the channel island power station to berrimah and katherine power stations . other power stations in the territory include the mcarthur river power station the tennant creek power station the brewer estate power station and the yulara power station . a new power plant the weddell power station is currently near completion . the first two generators came on line in 2008 2009 . the third generator is due to be completed in 2011 2012 . when the power station is fully operational it will add 30 % capacity to darwin s power supply . 1 water edit stuart park water tower the corporation is also responsible for management of sewerage and the major water catchments in the region . water is mainly stored in the largest dam the darwin river dam which holds up to 90 % of darwin s water supply . for many years darwin s principal water supply came from manton dam . darwin river dam references edit weddell power station . power and water corporation . retrieved 16 february 2011 . external links edit power and water power and water history darwin river dam about v t e energy in the northern territory active power stations berrimah brewer estate channel island katherine mcarthur river ron goodin tennant creek weddell yulara former power stations stokes hill armidale street old alice springs newcastle waters companies power and water corporation regulators utilities commission historical entities northern territory electricity commission list of power stations in the northern territory v t e northern territory topics history flag geography territory government territory parliament local government energy sport fire and rescue service police crime regions alice springs region arnhem land barkly tableland darwin region katherine region major settlements alice springs darwin katherine nhulunbuy palmerston tennant creek northern territory portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title power and water corporation & oldid 656861657 categories government owned companies of australiapower companies of australiawater companies of australiagovernment agencies of the northern territory2002 establishments in australia 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 add links this page was last modified on 17 april 2015 at 06 15 . 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