MUNDARING
REGION
Mundaring Issues
This
section umbrellas issues regarding developments in The Perth Hills Mundaring region.
More will be added as they come to light. If you feel an issue or group should
be included please contact us: info@saveperthhills.org
Water
Corp Disregards Recommendations for the Mundaring Drinking Water Plant
At a special meeting in Mundaring, Water Corp went against
two years of community consultation and announced they would put the drinking
water treatment plant on the CALM—now DEC—Ranger Station site next to
the Discovery Centre. Water Corp engineers explained that they chose the site
as being cheaper than the old pine plantation behind the Weir, which was recommended
by community consultation groups and Mundaring Shire.
The plant will include a huge storage tank the size of a multi-story office building
that will be visible from Weir Road, tanks of toxic chlorine, and acres of pipes
and filters. Trucks will be coming and going, and lights and machinery will run
24 hours a day. The noise and smell will affect the area, including the Weir Campground,
Kookaburra Theatre and Lavender Patch B&B.
The historic timber village
and buildings are to be moved. The Historic Society claims relocated buildings
are compromised as historic records. The DEC ranger station will be relocated—possibly
to Greenmount—which is unfortunate as where it was centrally located as a
bush fire coordinating station.
The water is supposed
to be for Kalgoorlie and the Gold Fields, but can also be used for new suburban
developments in the Perth Hills, such as those planned in Parkerville, Stoneville
and Gidgegannup.
Shire
Trades Your Tip for a Pig in a Poke
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for story $22/trailer, $11.50 car fee at Coppin and Mathieson probable,
Mayo Rd. to close
Parkerville Stoneville
