❓ Question regarding potential contamination of Gooseberry Hill Primary School's dam due to past dumping practices. The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation deemed the risk negligible due to prior testing and the school no longer using the dam water.
AnsweredQoN 1326Legislative Council
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I
refer to Gooseberry Hill Primary School, and the possible contamination of the
school’s dam given past practices of dumping rubbish across the site
surrounding the school grounds, and I ask: (a) has
the Ledger Road Dam site (Lot 1879 Vol. LR3005 Folio #546) been classified as
“Possibly Contaminated - Investigation Required”; (b) will
the department test the water in the school’s water tanks for contaminants; and (c) if
no to (b), why not?
refer to Gooseberry Hill Primary School, and the possible contamination of the
school’s dam given past practices of dumping rubbish across the site
surrounding the school grounds, and I ask: (a) has
the Ledger Road Dam site (Lot 1879 Vol. LR3005 Folio #546) been classified as
“Possibly Contaminated - Investigation Required”; (b) will
the department test the water in the school’s water tanks for contaminants; and (c) if
no to (b), why not?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
21 August 2018
Responded by
Minister for Environment
Response time
9 days
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) The Shire of Kalamunda’s environmental consultants tested the dam water in July and August 2016, February 2017 and February 2018, and provided the results to the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation as part of the contaminated site investigation.
The Department of Education advised the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation on 30 July 2018, that the Gooseberry Hill Primary School has not been supplied with water from the Ledger Road Dam for garden irrigation for several years.
Based on the results of the sampling and given the water from the Ledger Road Dam is no longer being supplied to Gooseberry Hill Primary School, the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation considered that there is negligible risk to users of the school.
(b) No
(c) The Shire of Kalamunda’s environmental consultants tested the dam water in July and August 2016, February 2017 and February 2018, and provided the results to the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation as part of the contaminated site investigation.
The Department of Education advised the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation on 30 July 2018, that the Gooseberry Hill Primary School has not been supplied with water from the Ledger Road Dam for garden irrigation for several years.
Based on the results of the sampling and given the water from the Ledger Road Dam is no longer being supplied to Gooseberry Hill Primary School, the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation considered that there is negligible risk to users of the school.
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