Project Proponent Water Corporation Proposal description The construction and operation of a seawater desalination plant at a site in the Kwinana / East Rockingham area, and associated seawater intake, concentrated seawater discharge pipelines, and product pipeline to Tamworth Hill or Thomson’s Reservoir. Upgrading of the capacity of the plant to 45 Gigalitres per year at the Kwinana site will include increasing the production of potable water, use of seawater, and discharge of concentrated seawater and further options for combining intake seawater with cooling water discharged from Western Power’s Kwinana Power Station. Inquiry under s46 into a change to environmental conditions of Ministerial Statement 655. Assessment Number 1570 Region Perth Referred under EP Act s46 Industry sector Infrastructure Last updated June 28, 2010 Current Status Ministerial Statement published 2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal Chair's Determination s46 request for a change to environmental conditions (not subject to appeal): Public Notification Date published Monday, May 30, 2005 - 12:00 4. EPA Report on assessment EPA Report Number 1327 EPA Report Perth Metropolitan Desalination Proposal – Water Quality Management, Change to Implementation Conditions (PDF, 4.63 MB) Key Environmental Factors Marine Environmental Quality Date published Monday, May 25, 2009 - 12:00 5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal Ministerial Statement Date of approval Monday, June 28, 2010 - 12:00 Ministerial Statement Ministerial Statement 832 (PDF, 16.45 KB)
