Water utility · North Sydney

Clearwater Utilities

A leak allowance you don't have to argue for

★★★★ 4.2 · 1876 reviews · Open now · until 20:00
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About Clearwater Utilities

Clearwater Utilities is a licensed water and wastewater retailer serving Sydney, Newcastle and the Central Coast. Our defining feature is boring and important: if a concealed leak spikes your bill, the allowance is applied automatically.

We also alert you before the bill arrives, because finding a leak in week one costs a fraction of finding it in week twelve.

What we stand for

Mission

Make a water bill something you find out about early and can question easily.

Values

Allowances applied automatically. Concessions applied to the bill, not claimed back. And alerts sent before the bill, not with it.

Sustainability & ESG

We publish system-wide leakage and per-customer consumption annually. Average residential use across our book fell 6.2% over three years, mostly through alerting rather than pricing.

Our approach

Interval metering, automatic anomaly detection, and a human on the phone who can see the same data you can.

Privacy policy

Clearwater Utilities collects only what it needs to do the work, keeps it for three years, and anonymises rather than deletes so the record of what happened survives the person leaving.

How to complain, and what happens next

A complaint reaches the owner the same day. You get an answer within two working days and a named person who owns it until it is closed.

Who we're for

The water retailer that tells you about a leak before the bill does.

Households after a shock bill

People who've had one enormous quarter and dread the next.

Early warningAn allowance without a fightSomeone who can see the data

Strata committees

Buildings arguing about who used what.

Per-unit billingCommittee dashboardFewer AGM disputes

What we can do

Water and wastewater retail

Discipline

Sub-metering

Discipline

Strata

Sector served

Commercial property

Sector served

Interval metering and anomaly detection

Technology
ISO 9001:2015
Billing and customer operations · SAI Global · valid to 10 May 2028

Services

Account setup and transfer

On request

New connection or transfer at settlement. No connection fee for residential.

⏱ 15 min View details →

Leak investigation

On request

We read the meter interval data and tell you whether it's a leak, a habit change or a meter fault.

⏱ 60 min View details →

Sub-metering installation

From $480

Per-unit meters for strata so each apartment is billed for its own use.

⏱ 120 min View details →

Commercial water audit

From $1,400

Site audit with a written efficiency plan and payback estimate.

⏱ 240 min View details →

Products

WS

Whole-house sediment filter

$289
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RC

Replacement cartridge — twin pack

$68
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WT

Water test kit

$45
View & buy →

Plans

Clearwater Residential

Usage-based
No contract
  • Usage-based tariff
  • Automatic leak allowance
  • Free high-usage SMS alerts
  • Concessions applied to the bill
Best for Houses and townhouses

Clearwater Strata

Usage-based
No contract
  • Per-unit sub-metered billing
  • Common-property account separated
  • Committee usage dashboard
  • Quarterly leak reporting
Best for Apartment buildings on shared supply

Clearwater Commercial

Usage-based
No contract
  • Interval metering
  • Efficiency audit included annually
  • Consolidated multi-site billing
  • 30-day terms
Best for Multi-site commercial and industrial

Who we work with

Accrediting body
Membership
Client
Strata Plan 41288

Meet the team

Gail Anderton

Managing director

Twenty years in water utilities, most of it in metering. Wrote the leak allowance policy the business is known for.

English

Sione Latu

Head of metering

Interval data, sub-metering and the high-usage alerts. Reads the data before anyone gets a bill they can't explain.

English

Rebecca Iyer

Customer resolutions

Owns leak investigations and concessions. Applies the rebate to the bill instead of asking people to claim it.

English

Owen Marsh

Strata accounts

Per-unit billing across strata portfolios, and the person who goes to the AGM.

English

Credentials & accreditations

·
Water industry retail licence — annual compliance
License · IPART · No. CLEA-10000 · valid to 2026-10-19 · as listed by the business
·
Drinking water quality management plan audit
Certification · NSW Health · No. CLEA-10137 · valid to 2026-10-02 · as listed by the business

Concessions & allowances

Sydney, Newcastle and Central Coast Yes
Pensioner and Health Care concessions Yes — Applied to the bill once verified
Automatic leak allowance Yes — No dispute process required
Unmetered properties No — A meter must be installed first

Timings & service levels

Network availabilitySydney metropolitan
Network availabilityNewcastle and Lake Macquarie
Network availabilityCentral Coast
SiteNorth Sydney head office

What customers say

★★★★ 4.2 from 1876 reviews
★★★★★
Alerted me before the bill

"Text message saying usage had tripled. Found a running toilet the same day. Would have been a $900 bill."

— Fiona C. ✓ Verified
★★★★
Sub-metering finally makes sense

"Per-unit metering and per-unit billing across 34 apartments. Ended years of arguments at AGMs."

— Strata Plan 41288 ✓ Verified
★★★★★

"Booked in, waited all day, nobody came and nobody called. I took the day off for nothing."

— Priya N.

From the journal

Work with us

Metering data analyst

North Sydney NSW · full time · closes 18 Oct 2026

We're hiring a metering data analyst. Read the full brief and apply on our site.

Apply →

What you get for coming back

Visits
123456A free check-up and clean
Passes issued
1 of 2 used

Good to know

PaymentsVisa, Mastercard, AMEX, Apple Pay, Bank transfer
LanguagesEnglish
Area servedSydney, Newcastle, Central Coast, New South Wales
CancellationFree to change or cancel up to 24 hours before. Inside that, the deposit is kept.
WarrantyAnything we get wrong, we put right at our own cost.

Frequently asked

How does the leak allowance work?

If a concealed leak pushes your usage above your normal pattern, we apply an allowance automatically. You don't lodge a dispute or prove hardship — the interval data shows it and we adjust.

Will you tell me before a huge bill arrives?

Yes. If usage jumps materially against your own history you get an SMS within 48 hours. Most people find a running toilet or a garden tap.

Do I have to claim my concession?

No. Pensioner, Health Care and DVA concessions are applied to the bill directly once we've verified the card.

Can you sub-meter my apartment building?

Yes — that's most of our strata work. Each unit gets its own meter and its own bill, and common property is billed separately.

Opening hours

Open now · until 20:00
Monday08:00-20:00
Tuesday08:00-20:00
Wednesday08:00-20:00
Thursday08:00-20:00
Friday08:00-20:00
Saturday09:00-17:00
SundayClosed

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What alerting achieved

22,400High-usage alerts sent
$310Average allowance applied
6.2%Consumption reduction

What happens when usage spikes

  1. 1
    We spot it

    Interval data flags a material change against your own history.

  2. 2
    You get a text

    Within 48 hours, not with the bill twelve weeks later.

  3. 3
    We investigate free

    We tell you whether it's a leak, a habit or a meter fault.

  4. 4
    Allowance applied

    Automatically, if it was a concealed leak.