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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 305 asked in the Legislative Council on 27 June 2017 by Hon Jim Chown

Parliament: 40 Session: 1


WATER CORPORATION — POTABLE WATER SUPPLIES
      305. Hon JIM CHOWN to the minister representing the Minister for Water:
What percentage of potable water used within the metropolitan area and surrounding environs since January 2017 is sourced from dams, groundwater and desalination plants?
Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I thank the member for some notice of the question. The Minister for Water has provided the following answer.
The Water Corporation supplies potable water to the Perth metropolitan area, Mandurah and the goldfields via the integrated water supply scheme. For that scheme, between 1 January 2017 and 26 June 2017, the percentage of potable water sourced from dams, groundwater and desalination plants was two per cent, 48 per cent and 50 per cent respectively.