❓ Hon ED DERMER asks about the capacity of the Stirling trunk main pipeline and how it will handle increased water volume from the expanded Southern Seawater Desalination Plant. Hon HELEN MORTON confirms expansion plans are in place.
AnsweredQoN 698Legislative Council
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SOUTHERN SEAWATER DESALINATION PLANT — STIRLING TRUNK MAIN PIPELINE
(1) What is the current capacity of the Stirling trunk main pipeline? (2) What capacity does the Stirling trunk main pipeline have in excess of that required for its current function? (3) How will the extended volume of water be transported from the expanded southern seawater desalination plant if there is insufficient capacity in the Stirling trunk main pipeline to perform both its current function and to deal with the product of the desalination plant extension? Hon HELEN MORTON
(1) What is the current capacity of the Stirling trunk main pipeline? (2) What capacity does the Stirling trunk main pipeline have in excess of that required for its current function? (3) How will the extended volume of water be transported from the expanded southern seawater desalination plant if there is insufficient capacity in the Stirling trunk main pipeline to perform both its current function and to deal with the product of the desalination plant extension? Hon HELEN MORTON
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eighty-five gigalitres a year. (2) In any year the spare capacity is up to 35 gigalitres, because there is no useful contribution from the southern dams. (3) The capacity of the Stirling trunk main is being expanded to accommodate the required flows.
(2) What capacity does the Stirling trunk main pipeline have in excess of that required for its current function? (3) How will the extended volume of water be transported from the expanded southern seawater desalination plant if there is insufficient capacity in the Stirling trunk main pipeline to perform both its current function and to deal with the product of the desalination plant extension? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eighty-five gigalitres a year. (2) In any year the spare capacity is up to 35 gigalitres, because there is no useful contribution from the southern dams. (3) The capacity of the Stirling trunk main is being expanded to accommodate the required flows.
(3) How will the extended volume of water be transported from the expanded southern seawater desalination plant if there is insufficient capacity in the Stirling trunk main pipeline to perform both its current function and to deal with the product of the desalination plant extension? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eighty-five gigalitres a year. (2) In any year the spare capacity is up to 35 gigalitres, because there is no useful contribution from the southern dams. (3) The capacity of the Stirling trunk main is being expanded to accommodate the required flows.
Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eighty-five gigalitres a year. (2) In any year the spare capacity is up to 35 gigalitres, because there is no useful contribution from the southern dams. (3) The capacity of the Stirling trunk main is being expanded to accommodate the required flows.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eighty-five gigalitres a year. (2) In any year the spare capacity is up to 35 gigalitres, because there is no useful contribution from the southern dams. (3) The capacity of the Stirling trunk main is being expanded to accommodate the required flows.
(1) Eighty-five gigalitres a year. (2) In any year the spare capacity is up to 35 gigalitres, because there is no useful contribution from the southern dams. (3) The capacity of the Stirling trunk main is being expanded to accommodate the required flows.
(2) In any year the spare capacity is up to 35 gigalitres, because there is no useful contribution from the southern dams. (3) The capacity of the Stirling trunk main is being expanded to accommodate the required flows.
(3) The capacity of the Stirling trunk main is being expanded to accommodate the required flows.
(2) What capacity does the Stirling trunk main pipeline have in excess of that required for its current function? (3) How will the extended volume of water be transported from the expanded southern seawater desalination plant if there is insufficient capacity in the Stirling trunk main pipeline to perform both its current function and to deal with the product of the desalination plant extension? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eighty-five gigalitres a year. (2) In any year the spare capacity is up to 35 gigalitres, because there is no useful contribution from the southern dams. (3) The capacity of the Stirling trunk main is being expanded to accommodate the required flows.
(3) How will the extended volume of water be transported from the expanded southern seawater desalination plant if there is insufficient capacity in the Stirling trunk main pipeline to perform both its current function and to deal with the product of the desalination plant extension? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eighty-five gigalitres a year. (2) In any year the spare capacity is up to 35 gigalitres, because there is no useful contribution from the southern dams. (3) The capacity of the Stirling trunk main is being expanded to accommodate the required flows.
Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eighty-five gigalitres a year. (2) In any year the spare capacity is up to 35 gigalitres, because there is no useful contribution from the southern dams. (3) The capacity of the Stirling trunk main is being expanded to accommodate the required flows.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eighty-five gigalitres a year. (2) In any year the spare capacity is up to 35 gigalitres, because there is no useful contribution from the southern dams. (3) The capacity of the Stirling trunk main is being expanded to accommodate the required flows.
(1) Eighty-five gigalitres a year. (2) In any year the spare capacity is up to 35 gigalitres, because there is no useful contribution from the southern dams. (3) The capacity of the Stirling trunk main is being expanded to accommodate the required flows.
(2) In any year the spare capacity is up to 35 gigalitres, because there is no useful contribution from the southern dams. (3) The capacity of the Stirling trunk main is being expanded to accommodate the required flows.
(3) The capacity of the Stirling trunk main is being expanded to accommodate the required flows.
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