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The Cook Labor Government has broken ground on upgrades to Western Australia's longest water pipeline, with the government's strong financial management allowing it to deliver essential infrastructure needed to grow and create jobs in the Goldfields and Wheatbelt as part of the government's Seven Cities plan.
$543m upgrades to Goldfields and Agricultural Water Supply SchemeThe Cook Labor Government and Rio Tinto are working with Yindjibarndi WaterCo to potentially acquire the Dampier Seawater Desalination Plant (DSDP), a critical piece of infrastructure which will support the delivery of housing and jobs in the Pilbara.
The Cook Labor Government is one step closer to delivering the $543 million upgrade of the Goldfields and Agricultural Water Supply Scheme (GAWSS), with contracts awarded to replace 44.5 kilometres of ageing sections of the Goldfields Pipeline.
The Cook Labor Government is investing $81 million to expand the Kwinana Water Reclamation Plant (KWRP), backing local jobs and giving industry the water security it needs to grow and diversify Western Australia's economy.
Half of one of the largest water pipelines built in Western Australia has now been laid, marking a major milestone in the Cook Labor Government's $2.8 billion Alkimos Seawater Desalination Plant project.
More Western Australian-owned Aboriginal businesses are set to benefit from record Cook Labor Government investment into water and wastewater projects under changes to Water Corporation procurement processes.
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