“The announcement for a proposal to extract 50 billion litres a year from the Yarragadee aquifer by a private consortium, intended for Perth’s water supply is highly speculative and many years from realisation” Hon Alison Xamon MLC, Greens spokesperson for water said today.
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.