❓ Hon Bill Stretch asks about agreements with private landholders for potable water supply. The Minister's response indicates negotiations are underway with South West Irrigation but no contracts have been finalised.
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POTABLE WATER, AGREEMENT WITH PRIVATE LAND-HOLDERS
The preamble to the question addresses itself to Hon Nick Griffiths because I had a discourse with him on water supplies. The minister will recall earlier this year that I urged the Government, through the Water and Rivers Commission, to enter into agreements with private land-holders for the supply of potable water for public distribution. I believe that the minister supported this proposition and indicated that such negotiations had taken place. (1) How many such contracts have been finalised? (2) What volumes of water are involved in each contract? (3) In which shire is each such water supply located and which town supplies are proposed to be supplemented by each contract? Hon TOM STEPHENS
The preamble to the question addresses itself to Hon Nick Griffiths because I had a discourse with him on water supplies. The minister will recall earlier this year that I urged the Government, through the Water and Rivers Commission, to enter into agreements with private land-holders for the supply of potable water for public distribution. I believe that the minister supported this proposition and indicated that such negotiations had taken place. (1) How many such contracts have been finalised? (2) What volumes of water are involved in each contract? (3) In which shire is each such water supply located and which town supplies are proposed to be supplemented by each contract? Hon TOM STEPHENS
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The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has provided the following response: she has been advised by the Water and Rivers Commission that there are two methods whereby private land-holders may enter into agreements to supply potable water for public distribution. They are when the land-holders own an entitlement to take water and they trade this with a water service provider such as the Water Corporation and when a private land-holder becomes a water service provider to supply water to the Water Corporation. Such people would need a licence to operate from the Office of Water Regulation. (1) The Water Corporation is currently negotiating with South West Irrigation to see whether water used for irrigation may be treated to assist Perth in its current shortage. (2) Answered by (1). (3) Not applicable.
(1) How many such contracts have been finalised? (2) What volumes of water are involved in each contract? (3) In which shire is each such water supply located and which town supplies are proposed to be supplemented by each contract? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has provided the following response: she has been advised by the Water and Rivers Commission that there are two methods whereby private land-holders may enter into agreements to supply potable water for public distribution. They are when the land-holders own an entitlement to take water and they trade this with a water service provider such as the Water Corporation and when a private land-holder becomes a water service provider to supply water to the Water Corporation. Such people would need a licence to operate from the Office of Water Regulation. (1) The Water Corporation is currently negotiating with South West Irrigation to see whether water used for irrigation may be treated to assist Perth in its current shortage. (2) Answered by (1). (3) Not applicable.
(2) What volumes of water are involved in each contract? (3) In which shire is each such water supply located and which town supplies are proposed to be supplemented by each contract? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has provided the following response: she has been advised by the Water and Rivers Commission that there are two methods whereby private land-holders may enter into agreements to supply potable water for public distribution. They are when the land-holders own an entitlement to take water and they trade this with a water service provider such as the Water Corporation and when a private land-holder becomes a water service provider to supply water to the Water Corporation. Such people would need a licence to operate from the Office of Water Regulation. (1) The Water Corporation is currently negotiating with South West Irrigation to see whether water used for irrigation may be treated to assist Perth in its current shortage. (2) Answered by (1). (3) Not applicable.
(3) In which shire is each such water supply located and which town supplies are proposed to be supplemented by each contract? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has provided the following response: she has been advised by the Water and Rivers Commission that there are two methods whereby private land-holders may enter into agreements to supply potable water for public distribution. They are when the land-holders own an entitlement to take water and they trade this with a water service provider such as the Water Corporation and when a private land-holder becomes a water service provider to supply water to the Water Corporation. Such people would need a licence to operate from the Office of Water Regulation. (1) The Water Corporation is currently negotiating with South West Irrigation to see whether water used for irrigation may be treated to assist Perth in its current shortage. (2) Answered by (1). (3) Not applicable.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has provided the following response: she has been advised by the Water and Rivers Commission that there are two methods whereby private land-holders may enter into agreements to supply potable water for public distribution. They are when the land-holders own an entitlement to take water and they trade this with a water service provider such as the Water Corporation and when a private land-holder becomes a water service provider to supply water to the Water Corporation. Such people would need a licence to operate from the Office of Water Regulation. (1) The Water Corporation is currently negotiating with South West Irrigation to see whether water used for irrigation may be treated to assist Perth in its current shortage. (2) Answered by (1). (3) Not applicable.
The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has provided the following response: she has been advised by the Water and Rivers Commission that there are two methods whereby private land-holders may enter into agreements to supply potable water for public distribution. They are when the land-holders own an entitlement to take water and they trade this with a water service provider such as the Water Corporation and when a private land-holder becomes a water service provider to supply water to the Water Corporation. Such people would need a licence to operate from the Office of Water Regulation. (1) The Water Corporation is currently negotiating with South West Irrigation to see whether water used for irrigation may be treated to assist Perth in its current shortage. (2) Answered by (1). (3) Not applicable.
(1) The Water Corporation is currently negotiating with South West Irrigation to see whether water used for irrigation may be treated to assist Perth in its current shortage. (2) Answered by (1). (3) Not applicable.
(2) Answered by (1). (3) Not applicable.
(3) Not applicable.
(1) How many such contracts have been finalised? (2) What volumes of water are involved in each contract? (3) In which shire is each such water supply located and which town supplies are proposed to be supplemented by each contract? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has provided the following response: she has been advised by the Water and Rivers Commission that there are two methods whereby private land-holders may enter into agreements to supply potable water for public distribution. They are when the land-holders own an entitlement to take water and they trade this with a water service provider such as the Water Corporation and when a private land-holder becomes a water service provider to supply water to the Water Corporation. Such people would need a licence to operate from the Office of Water Regulation. (1) The Water Corporation is currently negotiating with South West Irrigation to see whether water used for irrigation may be treated to assist Perth in its current shortage. (2) Answered by (1). (3) Not applicable.
(2) What volumes of water are involved in each contract? (3) In which shire is each such water supply located and which town supplies are proposed to be supplemented by each contract? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has provided the following response: she has been advised by the Water and Rivers Commission that there are two methods whereby private land-holders may enter into agreements to supply potable water for public distribution. They are when the land-holders own an entitlement to take water and they trade this with a water service provider such as the Water Corporation and when a private land-holder becomes a water service provider to supply water to the Water Corporation. Such people would need a licence to operate from the Office of Water Regulation. (1) The Water Corporation is currently negotiating with South West Irrigation to see whether water used for irrigation may be treated to assist Perth in its current shortage. (2) Answered by (1). (3) Not applicable.
(3) In which shire is each such water supply located and which town supplies are proposed to be supplemented by each contract? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has provided the following response: she has been advised by the Water and Rivers Commission that there are two methods whereby private land-holders may enter into agreements to supply potable water for public distribution. They are when the land-holders own an entitlement to take water and they trade this with a water service provider such as the Water Corporation and when a private land-holder becomes a water service provider to supply water to the Water Corporation. Such people would need a licence to operate from the Office of Water Regulation. (1) The Water Corporation is currently negotiating with South West Irrigation to see whether water used for irrigation may be treated to assist Perth in its current shortage. (2) Answered by (1). (3) Not applicable.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has provided the following response: she has been advised by the Water and Rivers Commission that there are two methods whereby private land-holders may enter into agreements to supply potable water for public distribution. They are when the land-holders own an entitlement to take water and they trade this with a water service provider such as the Water Corporation and when a private land-holder becomes a water service provider to supply water to the Water Corporation. Such people would need a licence to operate from the Office of Water Regulation. (1) The Water Corporation is currently negotiating with South West Irrigation to see whether water used for irrigation may be treated to assist Perth in its current shortage. (2) Answered by (1). (3) Not applicable.
The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has provided the following response: she has been advised by the Water and Rivers Commission that there are two methods whereby private land-holders may enter into agreements to supply potable water for public distribution. They are when the land-holders own an entitlement to take water and they trade this with a water service provider such as the Water Corporation and when a private land-holder becomes a water service provider to supply water to the Water Corporation. Such people would need a licence to operate from the Office of Water Regulation. (1) The Water Corporation is currently negotiating with South West Irrigation to see whether water used for irrigation may be treated to assist Perth in its current shortage. (2) Answered by (1). (3) Not applicable.
(1) The Water Corporation is currently negotiating with South West Irrigation to see whether water used for irrigation may be treated to assist Perth in its current shortage. (2) Answered by (1). (3) Not applicable.
(2) Answered by (1). (3) Not applicable.
(3) Not applicable.
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