Unley Water Contamination

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:24): Supplementary: firstly, why is it taking until July for those results? We are in early May; that's six, seven or maybe eight weeks. Can the residents know any sooner?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change) (14:24): My understanding is that the work is being done by a contamination consultant. The contamination consultant will need to do the drilling work, put in place the recording devices, retrieve the recording devices, enter the data they receive into some sort of model database and then pass that advice to the EPA. The EPA, these days, routinely advises the public as soon as they get this information. So, the EPA passes on the advice as soon as they have it themselves.