Water security and scarcity
All insightsDanny Latham discusses the challenges for the water sector in Australia with Kurt Dahl, CEO of Conexa
Each year Conexa recycles 10,000,000,000L of water for residential, industrial and agricultural purposes as part of its contribution to water scarcity in the driest continent on Earth.
Listen to the latest episode of Igneo’s podcast series Keeping it Real Assets as Danny Latham, Partner, Head of Australia and New Zealand, discusses the challenges for the water sector in Australia with Kurt Dahl, CEO of Conexa.
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coNEXA
coNEXA Infrastructure Partners (‘coNEXA’), previously Water Utilities Australia, is an integrated water utility comprising five portfolio assets – Rosehill Recycled Water Scheme (‘AquaNet’), Willunga Basin Water Company (‘WBWC’), Lightsview ReWater (‘LV’), Kooragang Industrial Water Scheme (‘KIWS’) and Permeate Partners (‘Permeate’). AquaNet is an unregulated water utility providing recycled water to industrial users, via Sydney Water, in the Greater Parramatta to the Olympic Peninsula region of Sydney. WBWC is an unregulated rural water utility providing low cost recycled water for irrigation to the McLaren Vale wine region, south of Adelaide. LV is a regulated urban water utility providing mandated recycled water to the Lightsview housing development 8km north of the Adelaide CBD. KIWS is an unregulated water utility in the Kooragang Island, Newcastle supplying high-grade industrial water to Orica. Permeate is a specialist in the design, delivery and operation of water and wastewater infrastructure. coNEXA is the water platform for GDIF to invest in water infrastructure in Australia and New Zealand.
- Location: Australia
- Sector: Water utility
- Risk Classification: contracted
- Initial Acquisition date: Dec 2016
- Governance: sole
- Website: wua.com.au/
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