Parramatta. Sydney Water returns to CBD

Sydney Water’s connections to Parramatta date from 1916, when the Sydney Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board took over the supply of water and sewerage services to Parramatta. Sydney Water closed its last office in Parramatta in 2004 but has returned with the opening of its 23,000-square-metre head office, housing 1400 staff., on a site, at 1 Smith Street, bought for $15 million in 2003. Brookfield Multiplex owns the facility. Sydney Water’s rent is $385 per square metre Around 38 per cent of all Sydney Water office staff live in Greater Western Sydney,