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Public Works Committee: Glenelg Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade of Inlet Works and Anderson Avenue Pump Station Project

Ms DIGANCE (Elder) (11:23): I move:

That the 516th report of the committee, entitled Glenelg Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade of Inlet Works and Anderson Avenue Pump Station Project, be noted.

This is the second major project to be undertaken at the Glenelg wastewater treatment plant, in addition to the one that was mentioned in the earlier debate, the other being the recently considered primary sedimentation tank rehabilitation project. Given the age of the facility, it is timely to undertake major upgrades to ensure the plant's ongoing reliability and safe operation.

The aim of this project is to minimise the risk of wastewater outflow and the risks of work health and safety incidents, as well as (and the member for Morphett will be pleased to hear this) manage the odour issues that are currently occurring. Specifically, the project will see the construction of a new standalone inlet works at the plant, replacement of the mechanical and electrical infrastructure at the Anderson Avenue wastewater pump station, with installation of four new pumps in sump B and decommissioning of sump A, and the decommissioning of redundant, unsafe aspects of the existing inlet works and wastewater pump station.

The proposed works will address the ongoing issue of odour management, which is currently a problem, as we have heard, affecting neighbours in the vicinity of the plant. The cost of the project is $24.157 million, GST exclusive. Works are due to commence this year in May, with practical completion in June 2016. 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) (11:25): The opposition supports the project again, as indeed it did with the first one, and the same comments I made in the first report are applicable to the second one.

Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (11:25): I rise to support this report. The news that odours will be reduced is music to my ears and also to my nostrils. I look forward to breathing the beautiful fresh air that is a delight down at Glenelg most of the time.

Ms DIGANCE (Elder) (11:26): Thank you to the member for Finniss for supporting this project, as do all the other Public Works Committee members. Thanks also to the member for Morphett—I hope your nostrils will appreciate this project as much as we will. I thank the executive officer and administrative officer for their hard work and I appreciate the bipartisan support for this particular project.

Motion carried.

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