❓ A WA parliamentary question regarding the costs, volume, and environmental impact assessment of dewatering for a Department of Housing development in Perth. The Minister provides answers relating to cost, water volume, and the existence of a Dewatering Management Plan in lieu of a full EIA.
AnsweredQoN 2858Legislative Assembly
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In relation to the Department of Housing’s eight-story Homeswest development between Pendal Lane and Fitzgerald Street, Perth, I ask:
(a)
what is the full cost of the dewatering necessary to make the site safe for construction and who is responsible for this;
(b)
what is the volume of underground water to be displaced during the dewatering process; and
(c) that the Minister please provide the full environmental impact assessment, including assessment done on adjacent wetlands in Robertson Park.
(a)
what is the full cost of the dewatering necessary to make the site safe for construction and who is responsible for this;
(b)
what is the volume of underground water to be displaced during the dewatering process; and
(c) that the Minister please provide the full environmental impact assessment, including assessment done on adjacent wetlands in Robertson Park.
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
15 June 2010
Responded by
Minister for Housing
Response time
42 days
The Department of Housing advises:
(a) Estimated at $139,000 (ex GST), for which the contractor Pyramid Constructions is responsible.
(b) The licence granted by the Department of Water allows for a maximum of 75,000 KL.
(c) A full environmental impact assessment was not required. However, the Department commissioned a Dewatering Management Plan and submitted this to the Department of Water, Department of Environment and Conservation and the Town of Vincent. Each authority approved the plan.
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(a) Estimated at $139,000 (ex GST), for which the contractor Pyramid Constructions is responsible.
(b) The licence granted by the Department of Water allows for a maximum of 75,000 KL.
(c) A full environmental impact assessment was not required. However, the Department commissioned a Dewatering Management Plan and submitted this to the Department of Water, Department of Environment and Conservation and the Town of Vincent. Each authority approved the plan.
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