❓ A WA parliamentary question explores the use of recycled water for local amenities, particularly in regional and metropolitan areas, and the barriers to its wider adoption. The response indicates limited current use and outlines financial and environmental challenges.
AnsweredQoN 1273Legislative Assembly
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(1) Will the Minister indicate the number of towns/communities in Western Australia which use recycled water on local amenities such as school/local ovals/playing fields?
(2) Will the Minister indicate the number of suburbs/communities in the metropolitan area which use recycled water on local amenities such as school/local ovals/playing fields?
(3) What financial assistance, if any, do country communities receive in order to make use of recycled water?
(4) What steps have been taken or are being taken to convert the massive amounts of metropolitan waste water for re-use in local ovals/playing fields instead of that resource being pumped out to sea?
(5) Will the Minister outline the impediments, financial or otherwise, to making comprehensive use of recycled water in the metropolitan area?
(2) Will the Minister indicate the number of suburbs/communities in the metropolitan area which use recycled water on local amenities such as school/local ovals/playing fields?
(3) What financial assistance, if any, do country communities receive in order to make use of recycled water?
(4) What steps have been taken or are being taken to convert the massive amounts of metropolitan waste water for re-use in local ovals/playing fields instead of that resource being pumped out to sea?
(5) Will the Minister outline the impediments, financial or otherwise, to making comprehensive use of recycled water in the metropolitan area?
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Answered
27 November 2001
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Government Enterprises
Response time
12 days
(2) None. (3) Financial assistance by way of cost sharing is negotiated on a case-by-case basis. (4) Reuse on ovals/playing fields in the metropolitan area has been investigated in several studies over the last decade. To date, none have proven viable. A demonstration scheme, funded through the Coast and Clean Seas Program, is planned to be implemented in 2002. (5) The major impediments to recycling treated wastewater in the metropolitan area can be summarised as follows: · low cost self supply ground water is usually available for local ovals/playing fields and industry; · recycling treated wastewater has environmental risks associated with nutrient enrichment of ground and surface waters within the metropolitan area; and · the financial cost associated with additional treatment and the construction of a pumped treated wastewater reticulation system makes recycled water economically unattractive when compared to other fresh water sources.
(3) Financial assistance by way of cost sharing is negotiated on a case-by-case basis. (4) Reuse on ovals/playing fields in the metropolitan area has been investigated in several studies over the last decade. To date, none have proven viable. A demonstration scheme, funded through the Coast and Clean Seas Program, is planned to be implemented in 2002. (5) The major impediments to recycling treated wastewater in the metropolitan area can be summarised as follows: · low cost self supply ground water is usually available for local ovals/playing fields and industry; · recycling treated wastewater has environmental risks associated with nutrient enrichment of ground and surface waters within the metropolitan area; and · the financial cost associated with additional treatment and the construction of a pumped treated wastewater reticulation system makes recycled water economically unattractive when compared to other fresh water sources.
(5) The major impediments to recycling treated wastewater in the metropolitan area can be summarised as follows: · low cost self supply ground water is usually available for local ovals/playing fields and industry; · recycling treated wastewater has environmental risks associated with nutrient enrichment of ground and surface waters within the metropolitan area; and · the financial cost associated with additional treatment and the construction of a pumped treated wastewater reticulation system makes recycled water economically unattractive when compared to other fresh water sources.
(3) Financial assistance by way of cost sharing is negotiated on a case-by-case basis. (4) Reuse on ovals/playing fields in the metropolitan area has been investigated in several studies over the last decade. To date, none have proven viable. A demonstration scheme, funded through the Coast and Clean Seas Program, is planned to be implemented in 2002. (5) The major impediments to recycling treated wastewater in the metropolitan area can be summarised as follows: · low cost self supply ground water is usually available for local ovals/playing fields and industry; · recycling treated wastewater has environmental risks associated with nutrient enrichment of ground and surface waters within the metropolitan area; and · the financial cost associated with additional treatment and the construction of a pumped treated wastewater reticulation system makes recycled water economically unattractive when compared to other fresh water sources.
(5) The major impediments to recycling treated wastewater in the metropolitan area can be summarised as follows: · low cost self supply ground water is usually available for local ovals/playing fields and industry; · recycling treated wastewater has environmental risks associated with nutrient enrichment of ground and surface waters within the metropolitan area; and · the financial cost associated with additional treatment and the construction of a pumped treated wastewater reticulation system makes recycled water economically unattractive when compared to other fresh water sources.
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