A decades-old plan to build a desalination plant in Esperance is again on the agenda, but questions have been raised over how the South Coast Marine Park could impact the plan.
  • Gorgritch_Umie_KillaOPM
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    3 days ago

    So many questions/thoughts,

    • How does the Alkimos desal plant cost $2.8b?

    • How does a $100m commitment for one in esperance compare? These numbers are so far away from each other, whats the difference in projects?

    1. The pipeline infrastructure from Mundaring Weir is already in place, surely it would be more cost effective to tap into Perth water supply if Mundaring Weir isn’t able to supply enough, rather than build all the infrastructure again or repurpose a gas pipeline.
    • If these projects are costing in the billions because they’re one off’s then the WA government should be bite the bullet and commit to a large and ongoing project of desal plant building across the State to fit with expected population growth, and to even out agricultural, mijing and environmental needs in times of less rain in certain parts of the State.