Page 2733 - Week 10 - Tuesday, 13 August 1991
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FLUORIDATION OF CANBERRA'S WATER SUPPLY
The following notes are to confirm our discussions this afternoon on the above.
1. Fluoride is added to Canberra and Queanbeyan water supply at two locations: Stromlo Water Treatment Plant (WTP) and Googong WTP. Stromlo WTP supplies 90 per cent of water and Googong WTP 10 per cent. The current dose rate is 1.0 mg/L.
2. Googong WTP can dose at 0.5 mg/L -
but let us not forget that it provides only 10 per cent of the water supply -
without modification of equipment.
3. Existing dosing equipment at Stromlo WTP can only dose at 0.5 mg/L to within acceptable tolerances at high flows i.e. approximately 60 per cent of the year. In order to dose at 0.5 mg/L new equipment will be required.
4. The Stromlo WTP - - -
Mr Duby: It can accurately do it at one, but it cannot do it at 0.5? Mix it with sugar, mate.
MR BERRY: Come on; are you going to listen? Just let us get serious about it. If you want to do the job, you want to do it properly, and I am prepared to help you. It goes on to say:
4. The Stromlo WTP is being upgraded and automated and existing fluoride feeding equipment is not compatible with the proposed automation. Replacement equipment will be required at Stromlo regardless of fluoride dose rate.
Right? No tricks. It says further:
New equipment, estimated to cost $200,000, could be commissioned in March 1992, provided funds are available.
I will now go back to section 65. Does anybody have pangs of conscience? No, not a chance. Where are you? Where is the senior law officer? There he is sitting over there. What is the senior law officer doing? It continues:
5. ACTEW have written to ACT Health Services re funding of necessary equipment. The A/CEO of ACTEW and the A/Secretary of Health have discussed the matter but it is yet to be resolved. Further discussions are proposed.
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