Editing Hunter Region (section)

=== Water supply ===
Fresh water supply for the region is provided from a number of sources, which are managed by the Hunter Water and State Water Corporations.<ref name=hwcleaflet>{{cite web |url=http://www.hunterwater.com.au/files/Tillegra_Dam_Proposal_-_General_Information_Leaflet.pdf |title=Tillegra Dam Proposal |publisher=Hunter Water Corporation |access-date=3 October 2010 |archive-date=18 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218144325/http://www.hunterwater.com.au/files/Tillegra_Dam_Proposal_-_General_Information_Leaflet.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> State Water Corporation's dams supply water for irrigation, industrial use at coal mines and the region's [[coal-fired power station]]s, and town water to upper Hunter Region towns. Hunter Water Corporation's dams supply the large urban population of more than 500,000 living near the coast and centred on the cities of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie.

State Water Corporation's [[Glenbawn Dam|Glenbawn]], the largest dam in the region, [[Chichester Dam|Chichester]] and [[Lostock Dam|Lostock]] are dams on the Hunter, Chichester and Paterson rivers respectively. Hunter Water Corporation's [[Grahamstown Dam]], the largest dam supplying the urban areas of the lower Hunter Region, is supplied with water diverted from the Williams River just north of the Seaham Weir, through a large pump station at Balickera. The dam itself has only a small natural catchment and relies mainly on the pumped water from the Williams River.<ref name=hwcleaflet/> A [[Tillegra Dam proposal|proposal to build Tillegra Dam]] on the Williams River existed since the 1950s, but was scrapped in 2010.<ref name=hwcleaflet/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/463914/retrofitting-an-alternative-to-tillegra/ |title='Retrofitting' an alternative to Tillegra |first=Jacqui |last=Jones |work=[[The Newcastle Herald]] |date=29 November 2010 |access-date=29 November 2010 |archive-date=20 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820195155/http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/retrofitting-an-alternative-to-tillegra/2010803.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition to the dams, fresh water for the lower Hunter Region is supplied from the [[Tomago, New South Wales|Tomago Sandbeds]], via a series of bores.