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House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
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PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE: QUEENSBURY WASTE WATER PUMP STATION UPGRADE

Mr ODENWALDER (Little Para) (11:37): I move:

That the 460th report of the committee, entitled Queensbury Waste Water Pump Station Upgrade, be noted.

SA Water will construct a new dry well/wet well pump station at Queensbury Wastewater Pump Station to replace the existing facility. It will provide SA Water with a long-term asset which is structurally sound and complies with current safety and operability standards. Further, the construction of an odour control plant at the site will address the existing odour issue. The project is expected to cost just over $18 million.

The Queensbury facility was originally constructed in 1935 and was upgraded in 1966. It services 21,000 customer connections (which is a population of between 40,000 and 50,000 people) and approximately 3.7 billion litres of wastewater is transferred by this pump station every year to the Bolivar Wastewater Treatment Plant.

An assessment of corrosion damage and deterioration of concrete in the pump station wet well concluded that the structural function of the wet well roof slab had been unacceptably impaired and that the slab was entering its initial stage of failure. There is also a significant external odour problem associated with the pump station which has resulted in 38 odour complaints to SA Water in the last 10 years.

This project will be completed in December 2014. Given this, and pursuant to section 12C of the Parliamentary Committees Act 1991, the Public Works Committee reports to parliament that it recommends the proposed public works.

Mr PENGILLY (Finniss) (11:38): I have some very brief comments in supporting the report that was outlined by the Presiding Member, Mr Odenwalder. We have been trying to get these few reports through the house for some time, so I am very pleased we have finally got there this morning. The opposition recognises the necessity of having these upgrades and is in complete support.

Motion carried.

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