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❓ A parliamentary question regarding the costs associated with the Mundaring Water Treatment Plant's Public Private Partnership (PPP) compared to a hypothetical publicly funded project. The question seeks to understand the financial implications of the PPP model.

AnsweredQoN 3959Legislative Assembly

Asked

21 April 2015

Member

Mr D.J. Kelly

Portfolio

Water

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I refer to the Public Private Partnership in place for the Mundaring Water Treatment plant and ask: (a) what was the total cost to the state up to the commissioning of the Mundaring Water Treatment Plant; (b) what is the operation cost to the state from commissioning to 31 March 2015; (c) what would the project have cost up to the commissioning if it hadn't been undertaken as a Public Private Partnership; (d) what would the operation cost from commissioning to 31 March 2015 if the project had not been undertaken as a Public Private Partnership; (e) what is the expected five year operation cost to the state of the Mundaring Water Treatment Plant; and (f) what would the five year operating cost to the state of the Mundaring Water Treatment Plant have been if the plant was not undertaken as a Public Private Partnership?

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Answered

24 June 2015

Responded by

Minister for Water

Response time

64 days

(a) Approximately $37.6m since 2004, which includes acquiring the site and its preparation for construction, including moving the Department of Parks and Wildlife office.
(b) $17,390,079.53
(c) Approximately $262m which includes site acquisition and a design and construction estimate using the public sector comparator, but excludes internal costs.
(d) Estimated $19m based on public sector comparator.
(e) $80m
(f) Estimated $88m based on public sector comparator.

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