<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="abcb-glossentry" ?><abcb-glossentry xmlns:xt="urn:xpressauthor:trackchanges" id="_12d6153c-4986-4856-80c0-e21bb57af12f" outputclass="abcb-glossentry"><glossterm id="_44552c4f-be05-4ac0-b435-dd1552f67d13">Network Utility Operator</glossterm><glossdef outputclass="glossdef"><p>A person who—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_3aaa2efc-6e0e-4c60-83f9-34897c7d45f4">undertakes the piped distribution of <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1250_0.7.0.xml#_762d6a54-e28c-400b-b9c5-5fceac019a05" id="_aeb0e75d-8d5d-4eeb-b980-f6f6c97be945" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">drinking water</xref> or <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1378_4.3.0.xml#_cfc4fec0-3cb7-41d6-b176-4a92d4cdb221" id="_5e236dfc-aedc-4fb2-b510-3a6e86f9d6e7" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">non-drinking water</xref> for supply; or</li><li id="_811b7d34-c395-4979-8fbf-7d930ca7d26e">is the operator of a sewerage system or a stormwater <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1249_0.8.0.xml#_25307451-c7e1-4167-b4de-e5a1af26694c" id="_54c16a5b-07aa-42b2-bc1f-c7713a2ed5ec" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">drainage</xref> system.</li></ol><callout id="_fff96dfc-2ee0-4ac7-9a03-949195513582"><callout-type ncc-info-type="info"/><p>A Network Utility Operator in most States and Territories is the water and sewerage authority licensed to supply water and receive sewage and/or stormwater. The authority operates or proposes to operate a network that undertakes the distribution of water for supply and undertakes to receive sewage and/or stormwater drainage. This authority may be a licensed utility, local government body or council.</p></callout></glossdef></abcb-glossentry>