Works planned over the next five to eight years involve a major upgrade of the Margaret River Regional Water Supply Scheme, including a new water source and water treatment plant; doubling the capacity of the town’s wastewater treatment system; upgrades to the wastewater storage dam; and new infrastructure to facilitate reuse opportunities.
The Minister said that the Water Corporations preferred future water source was a bore into the South West Yarragadee groundwater aquifer east of Margaret River. The Water Corporation will progress the bore in consultation with regulators, stakeholders and the community in the coming months.
In addition, the Water Corporation has begun the first of a series of upgrades to the Esperance wastewater system: the initial project included the building of a new pump station and almost four kilometres of new pipeline.
The wastewater upgrade will take approximately nine months to complete and will be fully operational by the end of 2009.