Kwinana industrial air buffer zone - water quality testing

Submitted by Louise Sales on Tue, 22/11/2011 - 15:20

Extract from Hansard
[COUNCIL — Tuesday, 22 November 2011]
p9465b-9465b
Hon Lynn MacLaren; Hon Helen Morton

KWINANA INDUSTRIAL AIR BUFFER ZONE — WATER QUALITY TESTING

4842. Hon Lynn MacLaren to the Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Environment

(1) Has the Department been requested to test the water quality of any rainwater tanks in the Alcoa buffer
zone?

(2) If yes to (1), when were those tanks tested and what were the results?

(3) If no to (1), what circumstances would trigger the Department’s environmental safety team to
investigate rainwater tanks in the area?

Hon HELEN MORTON replied:

(1)–(3) The Member needs to specify which Alcoa plant buffer zone she is referring to in her questions.