“Recent calls in the media for the South West Yarragadee to be tapped as the next source of water for Perth are ill-informed and irresponsible” said Alison Xamon MLC, Greens spokesperson for water.
“It’s irresponsible to be talking about taking billions of litres of water from an ecosystem that is under pressure and sending it to a reticulated system where we haven’t done basic water conservation measures,” she said.
The WA Water Minister’s reported plans to allow a private developer to tap the Northern Yarragadee to supply Perth appear to ignore declining water levels in that part of the aquifer, Greens Water Spokesperson Alison Xamon MLC says.