The Water Authority of Western Australia, also known as WAWA, was a statutory authority of the state government that was responsible for the water supply, sewerage, and main drainage within Western Australia between 1985 and 1996.
[a][1] Its purpose was to manage the water supply, sewerage, and main drainage across the entire state of Western Australia.
Previously, these had been managed by two separate entities: the Metropolitan Water Authority covered the metropolitan region, and the Public Works Department covered regional Western Australia.
[3][4] In 1995, the Water Authority created the Waterwise Schools Program, to educate school students – and their parents and teachers – about the value of water resources, and the importance of protecting them.
The program has since expanded to include almost half of the schools in WA.