Legislative Council Fifty-First Parliament, Second Session (51-2) 51 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Desalination Plants DESALINATION PLANTS The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY Legislative Council Leader of the Opposition DESALINATION PLANTS The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:51): The minister mentioned the doubling of the Mount Bold Reservoir. My supplementary question is: where is the water coming from to fill it? The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY Legislative Council Minister for Police, Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning DESALINATION PLANTS The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY (Minister for Police, Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning) (14:51): I am not the minister for water, but what I do know is that the Mount Bold Reservoir has two sources: one is the local catchment area and the other is the River Murray. The third response, of course, will be that ultimately if you do have a desalination plant you will need somewhere which can operate all the time, you will need to store it— The Hon. D.W. Ridgway Legislative Council The Hon. D.W. Ridgway: What a joke! The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY Legislative Council The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY: Well, how do you think water gets delivered? The Hon. D.W. Ridgway Legislative Council The Hon. D.W. Ridgway: How do you think? Are you going to desalinate water and put it in a dam to let birds crap in it? You're off the planet! You don't understand what you're on about. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY Legislative Council The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY: What I do understand— Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. D.W. Ridgway interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: The Leader of the Opposition will come to order. Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! If honourable members would like to waste their question time, that is fine by me.