❓ A parliamentary question addresses the feasibility of a desalination project, focusing on waste disposal, environmental impact, water pricing, and funding. The government's response provides preliminary information and defers detailed answers to future stages of evaluation.
AnsweredQoN 1482Legislative Council
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With regard to the feasibility study into piping desalinated seawater from Esperance to Kalgoorlie-Boulder - (1) On what model of waste disposal is this feasibility study based? (2) Will the study assess the impact of the disposal of that by-product on the local environment? (3) On what water pricing regime is the feasibility study based? (4) If the Government decides the desalination project is a viable option, who will pay for the construction, infrastructure and ongoing maintenance costs? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The engineering estimates used in the feasibility study assumed conventional disposal of brine concentrate to the ocean environment. (2) Should the Government decide to proceed to the next stage of evaluation, the proposal, including the disposal of by-products, will be subject to an appropriate level of environmental assessment and approval. (3) The feasibility study modelled a range of prices against a range of demand scenarios and a range of pipeline capacities. (4) No consideration of procurement options or asset ownership has been made at this time.
(1) On what model of waste disposal is this feasibility study based? (2) Will the study assess the impact of the disposal of that by-product on the local environment? (3) On what water pricing regime is the feasibility study based? (4) If the Government decides the desalination project is a viable option, who will pay for the construction, infrastructure and ongoing maintenance costs? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The engineering estimates used in the feasibility study assumed conventional disposal of brine concentrate to the ocean environment. (2) Should the Government decide to proceed to the next stage of evaluation, the proposal, including the disposal of by-products, will be subject to an appropriate level of environmental assessment and approval. (3) The feasibility study modelled a range of prices against a range of demand scenarios and a range of pipeline capacities. (4) No consideration of procurement options or asset ownership has been made at this time.
(2) Will the study assess the impact of the disposal of that by-product on the local environment? (3) On what water pricing regime is the feasibility study based? (4) If the Government decides the desalination project is a viable option, who will pay for the construction, infrastructure and ongoing maintenance costs? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The engineering estimates used in the feasibility study assumed conventional disposal of brine concentrate to the ocean environment. (2) Should the Government decide to proceed to the next stage of evaluation, the proposal, including the disposal of by-products, will be subject to an appropriate level of environmental assessment and approval. (3) The feasibility study modelled a range of prices against a range of demand scenarios and a range of pipeline capacities. (4) No consideration of procurement options or asset ownership has been made at this time.
(3) On what water pricing regime is the feasibility study based? (4) If the Government decides the desalination project is a viable option, who will pay for the construction, infrastructure and ongoing maintenance costs? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The engineering estimates used in the feasibility study assumed conventional disposal of brine concentrate to the ocean environment. (2) Should the Government decide to proceed to the next stage of evaluation, the proposal, including the disposal of by-products, will be subject to an appropriate level of environmental assessment and approval. (3) The feasibility study modelled a range of prices against a range of demand scenarios and a range of pipeline capacities. (4) No consideration of procurement options or asset ownership has been made at this time.
(4) If the Government decides the desalination project is a viable option, who will pay for the construction, infrastructure and ongoing maintenance costs? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The engineering estimates used in the feasibility study assumed conventional disposal of brine concentrate to the ocean environment. (2) Should the Government decide to proceed to the next stage of evaluation, the proposal, including the disposal of by-products, will be subject to an appropriate level of environmental assessment and approval. (3) The feasibility study modelled a range of prices against a range of demand scenarios and a range of pipeline capacities. (4) No consideration of procurement options or asset ownership has been made at this time.
Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The engineering estimates used in the feasibility study assumed conventional disposal of brine concentrate to the ocean environment. (2) Should the Government decide to proceed to the next stage of evaluation, the proposal, including the disposal of by-products, will be subject to an appropriate level of environmental assessment and approval. (3) The feasibility study modelled a range of prices against a range of demand scenarios and a range of pipeline capacities. (4) No consideration of procurement options or asset ownership has been made at this time.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The engineering estimates used in the feasibility study assumed conventional disposal of brine concentrate to the ocean environment. (2) Should the Government decide to proceed to the next stage of evaluation, the proposal, including the disposal of by-products, will be subject to an appropriate level of environmental assessment and approval. (3) The feasibility study modelled a range of prices against a range of demand scenarios and a range of pipeline capacities. (4) No consideration of procurement options or asset ownership has been made at this time.
(1) The engineering estimates used in the feasibility study assumed conventional disposal of brine concentrate to the ocean environment. (2) Should the Government decide to proceed to the next stage of evaluation, the proposal, including the disposal of by-products, will be subject to an appropriate level of environmental assessment and approval. (3) The feasibility study modelled a range of prices against a range of demand scenarios and a range of pipeline capacities. (4) No consideration of procurement options or asset ownership has been made at this time.
(2) Should the Government decide to proceed to the next stage of evaluation, the proposal, including the disposal of by-products, will be subject to an appropriate level of environmental assessment and approval. (3) The feasibility study modelled a range of prices against a range of demand scenarios and a range of pipeline capacities. (4) No consideration of procurement options or asset ownership has been made at this time.
(3) The feasibility study modelled a range of prices against a range of demand scenarios and a range of pipeline capacities. (4) No consideration of procurement options or asset ownership has been made at this time.
(4) No consideration of procurement options or asset ownership has been made at this time.
(1) On what model of waste disposal is this feasibility study based? (2) Will the study assess the impact of the disposal of that by-product on the local environment? (3) On what water pricing regime is the feasibility study based? (4) If the Government decides the desalination project is a viable option, who will pay for the construction, infrastructure and ongoing maintenance costs? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The engineering estimates used in the feasibility study assumed conventional disposal of brine concentrate to the ocean environment. (2) Should the Government decide to proceed to the next stage of evaluation, the proposal, including the disposal of by-products, will be subject to an appropriate level of environmental assessment and approval. (3) The feasibility study modelled a range of prices against a range of demand scenarios and a range of pipeline capacities. (4) No consideration of procurement options or asset ownership has been made at this time.
(2) Will the study assess the impact of the disposal of that by-product on the local environment? (3) On what water pricing regime is the feasibility study based? (4) If the Government decides the desalination project is a viable option, who will pay for the construction, infrastructure and ongoing maintenance costs? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The engineering estimates used in the feasibility study assumed conventional disposal of brine concentrate to the ocean environment. (2) Should the Government decide to proceed to the next stage of evaluation, the proposal, including the disposal of by-products, will be subject to an appropriate level of environmental assessment and approval. (3) The feasibility study modelled a range of prices against a range of demand scenarios and a range of pipeline capacities. (4) No consideration of procurement options or asset ownership has been made at this time.
(3) On what water pricing regime is the feasibility study based? (4) If the Government decides the desalination project is a viable option, who will pay for the construction, infrastructure and ongoing maintenance costs? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The engineering estimates used in the feasibility study assumed conventional disposal of brine concentrate to the ocean environment. (2) Should the Government decide to proceed to the next stage of evaluation, the proposal, including the disposal of by-products, will be subject to an appropriate level of environmental assessment and approval. (3) The feasibility study modelled a range of prices against a range of demand scenarios and a range of pipeline capacities. (4) No consideration of procurement options or asset ownership has been made at this time.
(4) If the Government decides the desalination project is a viable option, who will pay for the construction, infrastructure and ongoing maintenance costs? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The engineering estimates used in the feasibility study assumed conventional disposal of brine concentrate to the ocean environment. (2) Should the Government decide to proceed to the next stage of evaluation, the proposal, including the disposal of by-products, will be subject to an appropriate level of environmental assessment and approval. (3) The feasibility study modelled a range of prices against a range of demand scenarios and a range of pipeline capacities. (4) No consideration of procurement options or asset ownership has been made at this time.
Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The engineering estimates used in the feasibility study assumed conventional disposal of brine concentrate to the ocean environment. (2) Should the Government decide to proceed to the next stage of evaluation, the proposal, including the disposal of by-products, will be subject to an appropriate level of environmental assessment and approval. (3) The feasibility study modelled a range of prices against a range of demand scenarios and a range of pipeline capacities. (4) No consideration of procurement options or asset ownership has been made at this time.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The engineering estimates used in the feasibility study assumed conventional disposal of brine concentrate to the ocean environment. (2) Should the Government decide to proceed to the next stage of evaluation, the proposal, including the disposal of by-products, will be subject to an appropriate level of environmental assessment and approval. (3) The feasibility study modelled a range of prices against a range of demand scenarios and a range of pipeline capacities. (4) No consideration of procurement options or asset ownership has been made at this time.
(1) The engineering estimates used in the feasibility study assumed conventional disposal of brine concentrate to the ocean environment. (2) Should the Government decide to proceed to the next stage of evaluation, the proposal, including the disposal of by-products, will be subject to an appropriate level of environmental assessment and approval. (3) The feasibility study modelled a range of prices against a range of demand scenarios and a range of pipeline capacities. (4) No consideration of procurement options or asset ownership has been made at this time.
(2) Should the Government decide to proceed to the next stage of evaluation, the proposal, including the disposal of by-products, will be subject to an appropriate level of environmental assessment and approval. (3) The feasibility study modelled a range of prices against a range of demand scenarios and a range of pipeline capacities. (4) No consideration of procurement options or asset ownership has been made at this time.
(3) The feasibility study modelled a range of prices against a range of demand scenarios and a range of pipeline capacities. (4) No consideration of procurement options or asset ownership has been made at this time.
(4) No consideration of procurement options or asset ownership has been made at this time.
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