Mortlake Water Board

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The Mortlake Water Board was constituted on 1 July 1984 under the provisions of the Water and Sewerage (Restructuring) Act 1983 (Gazetted 23rd May 1984 No. 56) to take on the responsibilities of the abolished Mortlake Waterworks Trust (VA 2134) (1915 - 1984).

The Mortlake Water Board was abolished on 1 July 1994 under the Water Act 1989 (Gazetted 29th June 1994 No. S40) when it amalgamated with the City of Warrnambool (VA 2530), Town of Camperdown (VA 2400) and Shires of Hampden (VA 2438), Heytesbury (VA 2441) and Warrnambool (VA 2531) water supply and sewerage authorities to form the Hopkins Region Water Authority (1994 - 1995), then through name change to become the South West Water Authority (VA 3753) (1995 - 2005).