❓ Question regarding actions and funding by the Department of Environment and Conservation and the Swan River Trust to address outstanding drain maintenance identified by the Western Australian Local Government Association. The answer clarifies that these bodies are not responsible for drain maintenance.
AnsweredQoN 5976Legislative Council
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I refer to the Swan-Canning Water Quality Improvement Plan and the need the Western Australian Local Government Association has identified for outstanding drain maintenance to be accomplished, and I ask —
(1) What, if any, actions have been undertaken by the Department of Environment and Conservation to address these outstanding maintenance tasks?
(2) What, if any, funding has been supplied by the Department of Environment and Conservation to address these outstanding maintenance tasks?
(3) What, if any, actions have been undertaken by the Swan River Trust to address these outstanding maintenance tasks?
(4) What, if any, funding has been supplied by the Swan River Trust to address these outstanding maintenance tasks?
(5) Could the Minister please specify what actions are being undertaken to support local government authorities to address this issue?
(1) What, if any, actions have been undertaken by the Department of Environment and Conservation to address these outstanding maintenance tasks?
(2) What, if any, funding has been supplied by the Department of Environment and Conservation to address these outstanding maintenance tasks?
(3) What, if any, actions have been undertaken by the Swan River Trust to address these outstanding maintenance tasks?
(4) What, if any, funding has been supplied by the Swan River Trust to address these outstanding maintenance tasks?
(5) Could the Minister please specify what actions are being undertaken to support local government authorities to address this issue?
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Answered
16 October 2012
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Environment
Response time
35 days
(1) The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) is not a drainage infrastructure manager.
(2) DEC does not supply funding for drain maintenance.
(3) The Swan River Trust has not undertaken any actions to directly address outstanding maintenance tasks as it does not own any drainage infrastructure. Drainage improvement projects such as the AnvilWayCompensationBasinand the Liege Streetand Wharf Streetwetlands have been led by the Swan River Trust to improve water quality outcomes and the environmental condition of catchments.
(4) Refer to (3) above. As the Swan River Trust is not a drainage infrastructure manager, it is not responsible for nor has funding allocated for drainage infrastructure maintenance tasks.
(5) My departments (Swan River Trust, Department of Water, Water Corporation) are continuing to discuss options with the WA Local Government Association regarding shared partnership approaches on drainage in the Swan Canning Catchment.
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(2) DEC does not supply funding for drain maintenance.
(3) The Swan River Trust has not undertaken any actions to directly address outstanding maintenance tasks as it does not own any drainage infrastructure. Drainage improvement projects such as the AnvilWayCompensationBasinand the Liege Streetand Wharf Streetwetlands have been led by the Swan River Trust to improve water quality outcomes and the environmental condition of catchments.
(4) Refer to (3) above. As the Swan River Trust is not a drainage infrastructure manager, it is not responsible for nor has funding allocated for drainage infrastructure maintenance tasks.
(5) My departments (Swan River Trust, Department of Water, Water Corporation) are continuing to discuss options with the WA Local Government Association regarding shared partnership approaches on drainage in the Swan Canning Catchment.
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