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How robust is the environmental impact assessment process in South Australia? Behind the scenes of the Adelaide seawater desalination project

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  • Kämpf, Jochen
  • Clarke, Beverley

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This work tests the robustness of policies and procedures designed to protect South Australia's marine environment through a case study of the Adelaide Desalination Plant—the most expensive (∼A$1.8 billion) infrastructure project in South Australia's history. Although this project has been subject to an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)—the highest level of assessment in Australia—on inspection it appears that the current operating licence for the desalination brine discharge breaches Government approval conditions and ignores the collective expert scientific advice of the project's Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Hence, the EIA process in South Australia for this project is flawed. Improvements could be made to the South Australian system by including the requirements for operating licences as an integral part of the EIA.

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  • Kämpf, Jochen & Clarke, Beverley, 2013. "How robust is the environmental impact assessment process in South Australia? Behind the scenes of the Adelaide seawater desalination project," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 38(C), pages 500-506.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:marpol:v:38:y:2013:i:c:p:500-506
    DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.08.005
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    1. Francisco Berenguel-Felices & Antonio Lara-Galera & María Belén Muñoz-Medina, 2020. "Requirements for the Construction of New Desalination Plants into a Framework of Sustainability," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(12), pages 1-20, June.
    2. Henrietta E. M. George-Williams & Dexter V. L. Hunt & Christopher D. F. Rogers, 2024. "Sustainable Water Infrastructure: Visions and Options for Sub-Saharan Africa," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(4), pages 1-30, February.

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