❓ WATER STORAGE IN DENMARK (1) Will the minister please advise of the situation with water storage in Denmark? (2) How does this affect the current sprinkler roster? Dr G.G. JACOBS
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WATER STORAGE IN DENMARK
(1) Will the minister please advise of the situation with water storage in Denmark? (2) How does this affect the current sprinkler roster? Dr G.G. JACOBS
(1) Will the minister please advise of the situation with water storage in Denmark? (2) How does this affect the current sprinkler roster? Dr G.G. JACOBS
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I thank the member for Murray-Wellington for his interest in all aspects of water resources. (1)-(2) Quickup Dam is the main water supply for the town of Denmark. The dam currently holds 900 million litres, which is 75 per cent of capacity. This represents well over a year of normal consumption for the town of Denmark, and is approximately 450 million litres more than the amount stored at the same time last year. As the member for Blackwood-Stirling would know, the recent installation of additional treatment facilities does allow water to be used from the Denmark River as required, to ensure that water supplies remain secure while other longer term options are progressed. The current one-day-in-seven sprinkler roster came into effect in January 2008 following two years of extremely low rainfall in the area. With the increase in the water supply due to the good rainfall, there will be no problem this summer. On that basis, the one-day-in-seven sprinkler roster will be increased to two days a week on 1 December, and the town will return to the same two-day sprinkler roster that applies everywhere else south of Kalbarri. I thank the Denmark community for its efforts to save water during the past critical 11 months. In closing, I am pleased to note that it has not completely stopped raining in the south west!
(2) How does this affect the current sprinkler roster? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: I thank the member for Murray-Wellington for his interest in all aspects of water resources. (1)-(2) Quickup Dam is the main water supply for the town of Denmark. The dam currently holds 900 million litres, which is 75 per cent of capacity. This represents well over a year of normal consumption for the town of Denmark, and is approximately 450 million litres more than the amount stored at the same time last year. As the member for Blackwood-Stirling would know, the recent installation of additional treatment facilities does allow water to be used from the Denmark River as required, to ensure that water supplies remain secure while other longer term options are progressed. The current one-day-in-seven sprinkler roster came into effect in January 2008 following two years of extremely low rainfall in the area. With the increase in the water supply due to the good rainfall, there will be no problem this summer. On that basis, the one-day-in-seven sprinkler roster will be increased to two days a week on 1 December, and the town will return to the same two-day sprinkler roster that applies everywhere else south of Kalbarri. I thank the Denmark community for its efforts to save water during the past critical 11 months. In closing, I am pleased to note that it has not completely stopped raining in the south west!
Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: I thank the member for Murray-Wellington for his interest in all aspects of water resources. (1)-(2) Quickup Dam is the main water supply for the town of Denmark. The dam currently holds 900 million litres, which is 75 per cent of capacity. This represents well over a year of normal consumption for the town of Denmark, and is approximately 450 million litres more than the amount stored at the same time last year. As the member for Blackwood-Stirling would know, the recent installation of additional treatment facilities does allow water to be used from the Denmark River as required, to ensure that water supplies remain secure while other longer term options are progressed. The current one-day-in-seven sprinkler roster came into effect in January 2008 following two years of extremely low rainfall in the area. With the increase in the water supply due to the good rainfall, there will be no problem this summer. On that basis, the one-day-in-seven sprinkler roster will be increased to two days a week on 1 December, and the town will return to the same two-day sprinkler roster that applies everywhere else south of Kalbarri. I thank the Denmark community for its efforts to save water during the past critical 11 months. In closing, I am pleased to note that it has not completely stopped raining in the south west!
I thank the member for Murray-Wellington for his interest in all aspects of water resources. (1)-(2) Quickup Dam is the main water supply for the town of Denmark. The dam currently holds 900 million litres, which is 75 per cent of capacity. This represents well over a year of normal consumption for the town of Denmark, and is approximately 450 million litres more than the amount stored at the same time last year. As the member for Blackwood-Stirling would know, the recent installation of additional treatment facilities does allow water to be used from the Denmark River as required, to ensure that water supplies remain secure while other longer term options are progressed. The current one-day-in-seven sprinkler roster came into effect in January 2008 following two years of extremely low rainfall in the area. With the increase in the water supply due to the good rainfall, there will be no problem this summer. On that basis, the one-day-in-seven sprinkler roster will be increased to two days a week on 1 December, and the town will return to the same two-day sprinkler roster that applies everywhere else south of Kalbarri. I thank the Denmark community for its efforts to save water during the past critical 11 months. In closing, I am pleased to note that it has not completely stopped raining in the south west!
(1)-(2) Quickup Dam is the main water supply for the town of Denmark. The dam currently holds 900 million litres, which is 75 per cent of capacity. This represents well over a year of normal consumption for the town of Denmark, and is approximately 450 million litres more than the amount stored at the same time last year. As the member for Blackwood-Stirling would know, the recent installation of additional treatment facilities does allow water to be used from the Denmark River as required, to ensure that water supplies remain secure while other longer term options are progressed. The current one-day-in-seven sprinkler roster came into effect in January 2008 following two years of extremely low rainfall in the area. With the increase in the water supply due to the good rainfall, there will be no problem this summer. On that basis, the one-day-in-seven sprinkler roster will be increased to two days a week on 1 December, and the town will return to the same two-day sprinkler roster that applies everywhere else south of Kalbarri. I thank the Denmark community for its efforts to save water during the past critical 11 months. In closing, I am pleased to note that it has not completely stopped raining in the south west!
(2) How does this affect the current sprinkler roster? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: I thank the member for Murray-Wellington for his interest in all aspects of water resources. (1)-(2) Quickup Dam is the main water supply for the town of Denmark. The dam currently holds 900 million litres, which is 75 per cent of capacity. This represents well over a year of normal consumption for the town of Denmark, and is approximately 450 million litres more than the amount stored at the same time last year. As the member for Blackwood-Stirling would know, the recent installation of additional treatment facilities does allow water to be used from the Denmark River as required, to ensure that water supplies remain secure while other longer term options are progressed. The current one-day-in-seven sprinkler roster came into effect in January 2008 following two years of extremely low rainfall in the area. With the increase in the water supply due to the good rainfall, there will be no problem this summer. On that basis, the one-day-in-seven sprinkler roster will be increased to two days a week on 1 December, and the town will return to the same two-day sprinkler roster that applies everywhere else south of Kalbarri. I thank the Denmark community for its efforts to save water during the past critical 11 months. In closing, I am pleased to note that it has not completely stopped raining in the south west!
Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: I thank the member for Murray-Wellington for his interest in all aspects of water resources. (1)-(2) Quickup Dam is the main water supply for the town of Denmark. The dam currently holds 900 million litres, which is 75 per cent of capacity. This represents well over a year of normal consumption for the town of Denmark, and is approximately 450 million litres more than the amount stored at the same time last year. As the member for Blackwood-Stirling would know, the recent installation of additional treatment facilities does allow water to be used from the Denmark River as required, to ensure that water supplies remain secure while other longer term options are progressed. The current one-day-in-seven sprinkler roster came into effect in January 2008 following two years of extremely low rainfall in the area. With the increase in the water supply due to the good rainfall, there will be no problem this summer. On that basis, the one-day-in-seven sprinkler roster will be increased to two days a week on 1 December, and the town will return to the same two-day sprinkler roster that applies everywhere else south of Kalbarri. I thank the Denmark community for its efforts to save water during the past critical 11 months. In closing, I am pleased to note that it has not completely stopped raining in the south west!
I thank the member for Murray-Wellington for his interest in all aspects of water resources. (1)-(2) Quickup Dam is the main water supply for the town of Denmark. The dam currently holds 900 million litres, which is 75 per cent of capacity. This represents well over a year of normal consumption for the town of Denmark, and is approximately 450 million litres more than the amount stored at the same time last year. As the member for Blackwood-Stirling would know, the recent installation of additional treatment facilities does allow water to be used from the Denmark River as required, to ensure that water supplies remain secure while other longer term options are progressed. The current one-day-in-seven sprinkler roster came into effect in January 2008 following two years of extremely low rainfall in the area. With the increase in the water supply due to the good rainfall, there will be no problem this summer. On that basis, the one-day-in-seven sprinkler roster will be increased to two days a week on 1 December, and the town will return to the same two-day sprinkler roster that applies everywhere else south of Kalbarri. I thank the Denmark community for its efforts to save water during the past critical 11 months. In closing, I am pleased to note that it has not completely stopped raining in the south west!
(1)-(2) Quickup Dam is the main water supply for the town of Denmark. The dam currently holds 900 million litres, which is 75 per cent of capacity. This represents well over a year of normal consumption for the town of Denmark, and is approximately 450 million litres more than the amount stored at the same time last year. As the member for Blackwood-Stirling would know, the recent installation of additional treatment facilities does allow water to be used from the Denmark River as required, to ensure that water supplies remain secure while other longer term options are progressed. The current one-day-in-seven sprinkler roster came into effect in January 2008 following two years of extremely low rainfall in the area. With the increase in the water supply due to the good rainfall, there will be no problem this summer. On that basis, the one-day-in-seven sprinkler roster will be increased to two days a week on 1 December, and the town will return to the same two-day sprinkler roster that applies everywhere else south of Kalbarri. I thank the Denmark community for its efforts to save water during the past critical 11 months. In closing, I am pleased to note that it has not completely stopped raining in the south west!
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