USC'S 50% Owned Associate Skilltech Consulting Services PTY LTD Awarded 3 year contract with the Water Corporation in Western Australia

14 March 2000

Utility Services Corporation, Australia's leading provider of services to the utilities industry, has announced that their 50% owned associate Skilltech Consulting Services Pty Ltd has been awarded a 3 year contract with the Water Corporation in Western Australia. This contract represents over 1 million meter reads per annum and brings Skilltech's total annual reads to 10,000,000 and continues its expansion. Skilltech currently performs the meter reading for Alinta Gas in Perth and this new contract complements its reads in West Australia.