Water Corp finally embraces private finance

The naming of a preferred bidder for Western Australia’s first water BOT shows that Water Corp is serious about the idea of using private finance in infrastructure. It has not turned its back on the alliance model.

Water Corporation has chosen the Helena Water consortium of Acciona Agua, Trility, RBS and Brookfield Multiplex as the preferred bidder to design, finance, construct and operate the new 160,000m3/d water treatment plant at Mundaring in Western Australia.

The contract marks the first ever BOT in the water sector in Western Australia, and has an engineering, procurement and construction ...

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