❓ Mr. Cowper questions the Water Minister regarding water leakage, strategies to mitigate water loss, the necessity of using Logue Brook Dam given the Binningup desalination plant, and the potential for recreational development of Drakesbrook Dam. The Minister responds by highlighting the Water Corporation's efforts to minimize water loss and the necessity of Logue Brook Dam for future water supply.
AnsweredQoN 2973Legislative Assembly
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(a) can the Minister explain why some of this leakage cannot be fixed in order to prevent the need to access the five GL of water from Logue Brook Dam;
(b) other than pressure reduction, what strategies have Water Corporation put in place to mitigate the loss of water;
(c) with the construction of the nearby Desal plant at Binningup, is it necessary to take the water from Logue Brook Dam; and
(d) is there any scope to develop Drakesbrook Dam for recreational purposes?
(b) other than pressure reduction, what strategies have Water Corporation put in place to mitigate the loss of water;
(c) with the construction of the nearby Desal plant at Binningup, is it necessary to take the water from Logue Brook Dam; and
(d) is there any scope to develop Drakesbrook Dam for recreational purposes?
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Answered
11 March 2008
Responded by
Minister for Water Resources
Response time
14 days
(a) During the 2006/07 year, the Water Corporation supplied more than 235 GL of water to customers in the metropolitan area. Of this, the amount of 'unaccounted for water' was estimated at 19.3 GL, or about 8 per cent of the total. These figures show that losses from the water supply system are the lowest percentage of any major water supply scheme in Australia. With these figures already the best in Australia, the margins for improvement are limited.
(b) The pressure management trials currently being undertaken in the two southern suburbs are a further refinement to the Water Corporation's current practices. As part of its normal practices, the Water Corporation:
? maintains a comprehensive meter replacement programs to ensure the accuracy of consumer and production usage;
? operates a 24/7 Operations Centre to ensure system faults are identified and responded to immediately;
? has reviewed fault response times to ensure losses are minimised;
? maintains an integrated telemetry system across the water network to monitor system performance and problems;
? undertakes comprehensive maintenance programs across its asset base to maintain system reliability; and
? carries out ongoing audits of system performance to enable benchmarking against internal system parameters and other utilities.
If the pressure trials are successful, one result will be that a scheme that is currently the best in Australia for minimizing losses will become even better.
(c) Yes. Connection to the Logue Brook Dam is a key element of the Water Corporation's water supply development strategy to meet demand growth over the next five years in the IWSS which now extends to the south-west towns of Binningup, Myalup and Harvey.
(d) Yes.
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(b) The pressure management trials currently being undertaken in the two southern suburbs are a further refinement to the Water Corporation's current practices. As part of its normal practices, the Water Corporation:
? maintains a comprehensive meter replacement programs to ensure the accuracy of consumer and production usage;
? operates a 24/7 Operations Centre to ensure system faults are identified and responded to immediately;
? has reviewed fault response times to ensure losses are minimised;
? maintains an integrated telemetry system across the water network to monitor system performance and problems;
? undertakes comprehensive maintenance programs across its asset base to maintain system reliability; and
? carries out ongoing audits of system performance to enable benchmarking against internal system parameters and other utilities.
If the pressure trials are successful, one result will be that a scheme that is currently the best in Australia for minimizing losses will become even better.
(c) Yes. Connection to the Logue Brook Dam is a key element of the Water Corporation's water supply development strategy to meet demand growth over the next five years in the IWSS which now extends to the south-west towns of Binningup, Myalup and Harvey.
(d) Yes.
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