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2025/26 Customer Satisfaction Survey

Here's what our community told us.

Every year we ask the people we serve how we're doing - the wins, the trends, and opportunities to improve.

0 Community members shared their feedback across the Wagga Wagga, Lockhart Shire, Greater Hume and Federation council areas.
Follow the river down
Source

Trust starts here

We asked customers how they feel about Riverina Water as an organisation - not just the water, but the trust, reputation and overall satisfaction behind it. Scores are out of 10.

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Satisfaction as a provider
High
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Overall trust
High
0out of 10
Reputation in the community
High
0out of 10
Affordability & value
Moderate

This year we moved from a 5-point to a 10-point scale, giving a more detailed picture and letting us compare with other water utilities. Here's how we read the results:

Very high9.0 and above
High7.5 - 8.9
Moderate6.0 - 7.4
Low4.0 - 5.9
Very lowBelow 4.0
Every contact

Service that's there when you need it

For customers who contacted us in the past year, here's how every part of our service was rated, from highest to lowest.

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Overall customer service
High
Friendly & caring service
8.82
Dealt with quickly
8.72
Staff knowledge
8.70
Convenient hours
8.62
Accurate transactions
8.62
Ease of doing business
8.59
Meeting needs first contact
8.55
Finding info online
7.68
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of enquiries resolved the same day
0
resolved within a week
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of contact made by phone
What comes out of the tap

Reliable water, every day

Supply reliability has been our strongest result every single year we've run this survey.

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Supply reliability
Very high
Reliability
8.61
Clarity
7.65
Smell
7.41
Pressure
7.35
Taste
7.25
Beyond our region

How we compare

Victorian water utilities run a similar 10-point survey, which gives us a chance to see how we measure up against comparable regional utilities.*

Satisfaction
Riverina Water7.9
North East Water6.6
Goulburn Valley Water6.6
Trust
Riverina Water7.7
North East Water6.5
Goulburn Valley Water6.5
Reputation
Riverina Water7.6
North East Water6.7
Goulburn Valley Water6.6
Affordability
Riverina Water6.4
North East Water6.1
Goulburn Valley Water6.1
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Your priorities

What matters most to you

1Water quality
4.76
2Water supply reliability
4.75
3Water affordability
4.48
4Efficient, reliable service
4.32
5Incentives for water saving
4.00
6Water education programs
3.49
7Community grants & donations
3.31

Ranked by importance to customers, scored out of 5.

Water literacy

From water source to tap

We asked you what you know about your water supply.

What you told us

How well customers feel they understand their water supply

A lot - 13% General idea - 47% Not much - 26% Nothing - 14%

What you showed us

When asked to describe their water supply in their own words

Strong answer - 10% Partial answer - 59% Minimal or none - 31%
13% of you feel you know a lot about where your water comes from. When asked to describe it, about 10% could.
What a great answer looks like

"Our drinking water comes from bores or the Murrumbidgee River. Riverina Water treats it to ensure it's safe to drink, before distributing it through a network of reservoirs and water mains."

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In our community's own words

Beyond the scores, customers told us what's working and what they'd like to see.

Very happy with the reliable service given.

Survey respondent, 2025/26

How the feedback broke down

Positive - 16.5% Suggestions - 31.5% Some concerns - 10.7% Strongly negative - 2.9% General feedback - 38.4%