INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents statistics about the water supply, sewerage and drainage services industry as defined by the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 1993 edition. The data presented include all activities of the businesses, some of which may be activities other than water supply, sewerage and drainage services. (See Explanatory Notes paragraphs 5-20 for further details.)
Both private and government units are included in the scope of the survey. In a manner similar to the electricity and gas supply industries, the water supply, sewerage and drainage services industry is also undergoing a process of reform. At the same time, changes in the structure of public sector units engaged in these activities have affected the statistics over time, by reclassifying such business units between this industry and ANZSIC Division M, Government Administration and Defence.
The commentary refers mainly to the table in this chapter, and to the key data presented in table 1.1, preceded by some industry background material.
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