Question On Notice No. 201 asked in the Legislative Council on 24 June 2021 by Hon Brad Pettitt
Question Directed to the: Minister for Education and Training
Parliament: 41 Session: 1
Question
I
refer to the water leak issue at Safety Bay Senior High School, and community
reports the school is currently losing 60,000 litres of water per day, and I ask:
(a) has the leak been rectified:
(i) if
no to (a), what will the Minister do to ensure the school is not financially
impacted by this leak;
(b) what
has been done to rectify the leak so far;
(c) how
much money has been spent attempting to rectify the leak to date;
(d) has the location or locations of the leak been identified;
(e) has the cause of the leak been identified:
(i) if
yes to (e), what is or are the issues; and
(ii) if yes to (e), what is required to resolve the leak:
(A) when
will this take place;
(f) is
there a maintenance and upgrade plan for Safety Bay Senior High School:
(i) if
yes to (f), can the Minister please table this plan; and
(ii) if
no to (f), why not?
Answered on 19 August 2021
Answer
(a) Yes.
(i) Not applicable.
(b) All major underground leaks have been repaired with no further leakage reported.
(c) $66,183.
(d) Yes.
(e) Yes.
(i) The school has a number of large trees whose roots have damaged water infrastructure.
(ii) Not applicable.
(A) Not applicable.
(f) No.
(i) Not applicable.
(ii) The Department undertakes a Building Condition Assessment (BCA) process every three to four years which provides information on the condition of all public schools in Western Australia. A BCA report is prepared for every public school and this data is used to inform statewide maintenance programs, such as the McGowan Government’s $200 million Maintenance Blitz, from which Safety Bay Senior High School was allocated $993,000.