❓ A parliamentary question regarding the Southern Seawater Desalination Project's progress and adherence to delivery schedules and environmental regulations. The Minister expresses confidence in meeting the original deadline and assures compliance during commissioning.
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SOUTHERN SEAWATER DESALINATION PROJECT
I refer the minister to recent comments he made in the media regarding the progress of the construction of the southern seawater desalination project. (1) How confident is the minister that the southern seawater desalination project will be operational by the original stated delivery schedule of December 2011? (2) Will the southern seawater desalination project be fully operational, be compliant with all operating and environmental licence conditions, and be producing drinking water for the integrated water supply scheme six months prior to the original delivery schedule, as the minister claimed on ABC radio on 1 September 2010? Hon HELEN MORTON
I refer the minister to recent comments he made in the media regarding the progress of the construction of the southern seawater desalination project. (1) How confident is the minister that the southern seawater desalination project will be operational by the original stated delivery schedule of December 2011? (2) Will the southern seawater desalination project be fully operational, be compliant with all operating and environmental licence conditions, and be producing drinking water for the integrated water supply scheme six months prior to the original delivery schedule, as the minister claimed on ABC radio on 1 September 2010? Hon HELEN MORTON
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Water has provided the following response — (1) The Water Corporation is very confident of meeting the original delivery schedule set at the commencement of the project. (2) The plant will be progressively commissioned from mid-2011 up to full capacity by late 2011. Any water produced during this commissioning phase will meet operating and environmental licence conditions.
(1) How confident is the minister that the southern seawater desalination project will be operational by the original stated delivery schedule of December 2011? (2) Will the southern seawater desalination project be fully operational, be compliant with all operating and environmental licence conditions, and be producing drinking water for the integrated water supply scheme six months prior to the original delivery schedule, as the minister claimed on ABC radio on 1 September 2010? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Water has provided the following response — (1) The Water Corporation is very confident of meeting the original delivery schedule set at the commencement of the project. (2) The plant will be progressively commissioned from mid-2011 up to full capacity by late 2011. Any water produced during this commissioning phase will meet operating and environmental licence conditions.
(2) Will the southern seawater desalination project be fully operational, be compliant with all operating and environmental licence conditions, and be producing drinking water for the integrated water supply scheme six months prior to the original delivery schedule, as the minister claimed on ABC radio on 1 September 2010? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Water has provided the following response — (1) The Water Corporation is very confident of meeting the original delivery schedule set at the commencement of the project. (2) The plant will be progressively commissioned from mid-2011 up to full capacity by late 2011. Any water produced during this commissioning phase will meet operating and environmental licence conditions.
Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Water has provided the following response — (1) The Water Corporation is very confident of meeting the original delivery schedule set at the commencement of the project. (2) The plant will be progressively commissioned from mid-2011 up to full capacity by late 2011. Any water produced during this commissioning phase will meet operating and environmental licence conditions.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Water has provided the following response — (1) The Water Corporation is very confident of meeting the original delivery schedule set at the commencement of the project. (2) The plant will be progressively commissioned from mid-2011 up to full capacity by late 2011. Any water produced during this commissioning phase will meet operating and environmental licence conditions.
(1) The Water Corporation is very confident of meeting the original delivery schedule set at the commencement of the project. (2) The plant will be progressively commissioned from mid-2011 up to full capacity by late 2011. Any water produced during this commissioning phase will meet operating and environmental licence conditions.
(2) The plant will be progressively commissioned from mid-2011 up to full capacity by late 2011. Any water produced during this commissioning phase will meet operating and environmental licence conditions.
(1) How confident is the minister that the southern seawater desalination project will be operational by the original stated delivery schedule of December 2011? (2) Will the southern seawater desalination project be fully operational, be compliant with all operating and environmental licence conditions, and be producing drinking water for the integrated water supply scheme six months prior to the original delivery schedule, as the minister claimed on ABC radio on 1 September 2010? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Water has provided the following response — (1) The Water Corporation is very confident of meeting the original delivery schedule set at the commencement of the project. (2) The plant will be progressively commissioned from mid-2011 up to full capacity by late 2011. Any water produced during this commissioning phase will meet operating and environmental licence conditions.
(2) Will the southern seawater desalination project be fully operational, be compliant with all operating and environmental licence conditions, and be producing drinking water for the integrated water supply scheme six months prior to the original delivery schedule, as the minister claimed on ABC radio on 1 September 2010? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Water has provided the following response — (1) The Water Corporation is very confident of meeting the original delivery schedule set at the commencement of the project. (2) The plant will be progressively commissioned from mid-2011 up to full capacity by late 2011. Any water produced during this commissioning phase will meet operating and environmental licence conditions.
Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Water has provided the following response — (1) The Water Corporation is very confident of meeting the original delivery schedule set at the commencement of the project. (2) The plant will be progressively commissioned from mid-2011 up to full capacity by late 2011. Any water produced during this commissioning phase will meet operating and environmental licence conditions.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Water has provided the following response — (1) The Water Corporation is very confident of meeting the original delivery schedule set at the commencement of the project. (2) The plant will be progressively commissioned from mid-2011 up to full capacity by late 2011. Any water produced during this commissioning phase will meet operating and environmental licence conditions.
(1) The Water Corporation is very confident of meeting the original delivery schedule set at the commencement of the project. (2) The plant will be progressively commissioned from mid-2011 up to full capacity by late 2011. Any water produced during this commissioning phase will meet operating and environmental licence conditions.
(2) The plant will be progressively commissioned from mid-2011 up to full capacity by late 2011. Any water produced during this commissioning phase will meet operating and environmental licence conditions.
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