House of Assembly Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3) 51 3 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Water Pricing WATER PRICING Mr HAMILTON-SMITH House of Assembly Waite Leader of the Opposition WATER PRICING Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite—Leader of the Opposition) (14:22): My question is again to the Minister for Water Security. What figure will the government use to calculate water price increases—the $1.8 billion for the desalination plant alone, or will it include the $400 million for the interconnector, taking the total cost of supplying desal water to $2.2 billion? The government has stated that the water price increases will reflect its total cost for recovery of the desalination plant. The Hon. K.A. MAYWALD House of Assembly Chaffey Minister for the River Murray Minister for Water Security WATER PRICING The Hon. K.A. MAYWALD (Chaffey—Minister for the River Murray, Minister for Water Security) (14:23): Water prices will include the cost of providing water through a desalination plant and the interconnection of the system.