❓ Mr MacLean asks about actions for residents near sewage plants affected by odours. Dr Hames details government investment in upgrades to address the issue at Subiaco and Beenyup plants.
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What is the minister doing for residents who live close to the Subiaco and Beenyup sewage treatment plants, who want to entertain outdoors as the warmer weather approaches? In previous years, these people have complained that, on occasions, they have been forced to stay indoors because of obnoxious odours from those plants. Dr HAMES
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It has been an unfortunate situation for some of the people who live around those treatment plants, particularly those within the buffer zone. Residents have told me that on hot summer nights when the easterlies are blowing, they cannot go outside. Those residents had to lock up their homes and passageways within their homes, because of the odour problem. This has been an ongoing problem. It has increased over time because of the increased sewage flow through those treatment facilities. This Government has made a strong commitment to resolve that problem. The Water Corporation has performed exceptionally well as a corporate body. It allocated $800m to the infill sewerage program and, more recently, it allocated $250m for the upgrade of the water supply to the metropolitan area. This Government will expend a further $80m on the upgrade of wastewater treatment plants, including the two major ones - the Subiaco and Beenyup wastewater treatment plants. Beenyup will receive about $40m over the next three years for a progressive upgrade. This upgrade will enclose the ponds from which the odour emanates. The Subiaco wastewater treatment plant will receive more than $20m over that same period. That shows that the Water Corporation, due to its exceptional performance over the past few years, is able to put money back into social dividends for residents within the community.
Dr HAMES replied: It has been an unfortunate situation for some of the people who live around those treatment plants, particularly those within the buffer zone. Residents have told me that on hot summer nights when the easterlies are blowing, they cannot go outside. Those residents had to lock up their homes and passageways within their homes, because of the odour problem. This has been an ongoing problem. It has increased over time because of the increased sewage flow through those treatment facilities. This Government has made a strong commitment to resolve that problem. The Water Corporation has performed exceptionally well as a corporate body. It allocated $800m to the infill sewerage program and, more recently, it allocated $250m for the upgrade of the water supply to the metropolitan area. This Government will expend a further $80m on the upgrade of wastewater treatment plants, including the two major ones - the Subiaco and Beenyup wastewater treatment plants. Beenyup will receive about $40m over the next three years for a progressive upgrade. This upgrade will enclose the ponds from which the odour emanates. The Subiaco wastewater treatment plant will receive more than $20m over that same period. That shows that the Water Corporation, due to its exceptional performance over the past few years, is able to put money back into social dividends for residents within the community.
It has been an unfortunate situation for some of the people who live around those treatment plants, particularly those within the buffer zone. Residents have told me that on hot summer nights when the easterlies are blowing, they cannot go outside. Those residents had to lock up their homes and passageways within their homes, because of the odour problem. This has been an ongoing problem. It has increased over time because of the increased sewage flow through those treatment facilities. This Government has made a strong commitment to resolve that problem. The Water Corporation has performed exceptionally well as a corporate body. It allocated $800m to the infill sewerage program and, more recently, it allocated $250m for the upgrade of the water supply to the metropolitan area. This Government will expend a further $80m on the upgrade of wastewater treatment plants, including the two major ones - the Subiaco and Beenyup wastewater treatment plants. Beenyup will receive about $40m over the next three years for a progressive upgrade. This upgrade will enclose the ponds from which the odour emanates. The Subiaco wastewater treatment plant will receive more than $20m over that same period. That shows that the Water Corporation, due to its exceptional performance over the past few years, is able to put money back into social dividends for residents within the community.
The Water Corporation has performed exceptionally well as a corporate body. It allocated $800m to the infill sewerage program and, more recently, it allocated $250m for the upgrade of the water supply to the metropolitan area. This Government will expend a further $80m on the upgrade of wastewater treatment plants, including the two major ones - the Subiaco and Beenyup wastewater treatment plants. Beenyup will receive about $40m over the next three years for a progressive upgrade. This upgrade will enclose the ponds from which the odour emanates. The Subiaco wastewater treatment plant will receive more than $20m over that same period. That shows that the Water Corporation, due to its exceptional performance over the past few years, is able to put money back into social dividends for residents within the community.
Dr HAMES replied: It has been an unfortunate situation for some of the people who live around those treatment plants, particularly those within the buffer zone. Residents have told me that on hot summer nights when the easterlies are blowing, they cannot go outside. Those residents had to lock up their homes and passageways within their homes, because of the odour problem. This has been an ongoing problem. It has increased over time because of the increased sewage flow through those treatment facilities. This Government has made a strong commitment to resolve that problem. The Water Corporation has performed exceptionally well as a corporate body. It allocated $800m to the infill sewerage program and, more recently, it allocated $250m for the upgrade of the water supply to the metropolitan area. This Government will expend a further $80m on the upgrade of wastewater treatment plants, including the two major ones - the Subiaco and Beenyup wastewater treatment plants. Beenyup will receive about $40m over the next three years for a progressive upgrade. This upgrade will enclose the ponds from which the odour emanates. The Subiaco wastewater treatment plant will receive more than $20m over that same period. That shows that the Water Corporation, due to its exceptional performance over the past few years, is able to put money back into social dividends for residents within the community.
It has been an unfortunate situation for some of the people who live around those treatment plants, particularly those within the buffer zone. Residents have told me that on hot summer nights when the easterlies are blowing, they cannot go outside. Those residents had to lock up their homes and passageways within their homes, because of the odour problem. This has been an ongoing problem. It has increased over time because of the increased sewage flow through those treatment facilities. This Government has made a strong commitment to resolve that problem. The Water Corporation has performed exceptionally well as a corporate body. It allocated $800m to the infill sewerage program and, more recently, it allocated $250m for the upgrade of the water supply to the metropolitan area. This Government will expend a further $80m on the upgrade of wastewater treatment plants, including the two major ones - the Subiaco and Beenyup wastewater treatment plants. Beenyup will receive about $40m over the next three years for a progressive upgrade. This upgrade will enclose the ponds from which the odour emanates. The Subiaco wastewater treatment plant will receive more than $20m over that same period. That shows that the Water Corporation, due to its exceptional performance over the past few years, is able to put money back into social dividends for residents within the community.
The Water Corporation has performed exceptionally well as a corporate body. It allocated $800m to the infill sewerage program and, more recently, it allocated $250m for the upgrade of the water supply to the metropolitan area. This Government will expend a further $80m on the upgrade of wastewater treatment plants, including the two major ones - the Subiaco and Beenyup wastewater treatment plants. Beenyup will receive about $40m over the next three years for a progressive upgrade. This upgrade will enclose the ponds from which the odour emanates. The Subiaco wastewater treatment plant will receive more than $20m over that same period. That shows that the Water Corporation, due to its exceptional performance over the past few years, is able to put money back into social dividends for residents within the community.
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