❓ Mr. Redman questions the Minister for Water Resources regarding water quality standards in Denmark, WA, given the state's use of older guidelines. The Minister assures that the water meets required standards.
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WATER SALINITY LEVELS — DENMARK AND ALBANY TAP-WATER
I have a supplementary question. Can the minister assure the Denmark community that its water quality is measured against the same stringent guidelines as apply in other states, despite Western Australia adopting the 1996 Australian drinking water guidelines and not the 2004 Australian drinking water guidelines, as have other states? Mr J.C. KOBELKE
I have a supplementary question. Can the minister assure the Denmark community that its water quality is measured against the same stringent guidelines as apply in other states, despite Western Australia adopting the 1996 Australian drinking water guidelines and not the 2004 Australian drinking water guidelines, as have other states? Mr J.C. KOBELKE
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We certainly face challenges across our vast state finding not only the amount of water we need, but also water of the highest quality. I can assure the residents of Denmark and people going down there, as I did recently and very much enjoyed staying there for a couple of days — Mr P.D. Omodei : Did you drink the water? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : I did drink the water and enjoyed it and found no problems with drinking the water. Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : I am happy to reply to an interjection but when five or six people are all yelling at once, I cannot even hear the interjection. I can certainly give an assurance that the quality of drinking water does meet the required standards and that people can have absolute certainty about its quality.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE replied: We certainly face challenges across our vast state finding not only the amount of water we need, but also water of the highest quality. I can assure the residents of Denmark and people going down there, as I did recently and very much enjoyed staying there for a couple of days — Mr P.D. Omodei : Did you drink the water? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : I did drink the water and enjoyed it and found no problems with drinking the water. Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : I am happy to reply to an interjection but when five or six people are all yelling at once, I cannot even hear the interjection. I can certainly give an assurance that the quality of drinking water does meet the required standards and that people can have absolute certainty about its quality.
We certainly face challenges across our vast state finding not only the amount of water we need, but also water of the highest quality. I can assure the residents of Denmark and people going down there, as I did recently and very much enjoyed staying there for a couple of days — Mr P.D. Omodei : Did you drink the water? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : I did drink the water and enjoyed it and found no problems with drinking the water. Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : I am happy to reply to an interjection but when five or six people are all yelling at once, I cannot even hear the interjection. I can certainly give an assurance that the quality of drinking water does meet the required standards and that people can have absolute certainty about its quality.
Mr P.D. Omodei : Did you drink the water? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : I did drink the water and enjoyed it and found no problems with drinking the water. Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : I am happy to reply to an interjection but when five or six people are all yelling at once, I cannot even hear the interjection. I can certainly give an assurance that the quality of drinking water does meet the required standards and that people can have absolute certainty about its quality.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : I did drink the water and enjoyed it and found no problems with drinking the water. Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : I am happy to reply to an interjection but when five or six people are all yelling at once, I cannot even hear the interjection. I can certainly give an assurance that the quality of drinking water does meet the required standards and that people can have absolute certainty about its quality.
Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : I am happy to reply to an interjection but when five or six people are all yelling at once, I cannot even hear the interjection. I can certainly give an assurance that the quality of drinking water does meet the required standards and that people can have absolute certainty about its quality.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : I am happy to reply to an interjection but when five or six people are all yelling at once, I cannot even hear the interjection. I can certainly give an assurance that the quality of drinking water does meet the required standards and that people can have absolute certainty about its quality.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE replied: We certainly face challenges across our vast state finding not only the amount of water we need, but also water of the highest quality. I can assure the residents of Denmark and people going down there, as I did recently and very much enjoyed staying there for a couple of days — Mr P.D. Omodei : Did you drink the water? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : I did drink the water and enjoyed it and found no problems with drinking the water. Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : I am happy to reply to an interjection but when five or six people are all yelling at once, I cannot even hear the interjection. I can certainly give an assurance that the quality of drinking water does meet the required standards and that people can have absolute certainty about its quality.
We certainly face challenges across our vast state finding not only the amount of water we need, but also water of the highest quality. I can assure the residents of Denmark and people going down there, as I did recently and very much enjoyed staying there for a couple of days — Mr P.D. Omodei : Did you drink the water? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : I did drink the water and enjoyed it and found no problems with drinking the water. Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : I am happy to reply to an interjection but when five or six people are all yelling at once, I cannot even hear the interjection. I can certainly give an assurance that the quality of drinking water does meet the required standards and that people can have absolute certainty about its quality.
Mr P.D. Omodei : Did you drink the water? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : I did drink the water and enjoyed it and found no problems with drinking the water. Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : I am happy to reply to an interjection but when five or six people are all yelling at once, I cannot even hear the interjection. I can certainly give an assurance that the quality of drinking water does meet the required standards and that people can have absolute certainty about its quality.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : I did drink the water and enjoyed it and found no problems with drinking the water. Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : I am happy to reply to an interjection but when five or six people are all yelling at once, I cannot even hear the interjection. I can certainly give an assurance that the quality of drinking water does meet the required standards and that people can have absolute certainty about its quality.
Several members interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : I am happy to reply to an interjection but when five or six people are all yelling at once, I cannot even hear the interjection. I can certainly give an assurance that the quality of drinking water does meet the required standards and that people can have absolute certainty about its quality.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : I am happy to reply to an interjection but when five or six people are all yelling at once, I cannot even hear the interjection. I can certainly give an assurance that the quality of drinking water does meet the required standards and that people can have absolute certainty about its quality.
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