Endangered turtles and ‘exceptional’ coral at risk from Woodside’s gas drilling in WA, watchdog says
Exclusive: EPA flags oil spill risk from proposed gasfield and threat to pygmy blue whales
Water Corporation
Water Corporation is the WA Government-owned utility responsible for water supply and wastewater treatment across the state.
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Water Corporation looks to EPA to shield Perth's water supply from Alcoa and Roger Cook
WA Premier Mark McGowan warned Alcoa to lift its game or face curtailed mining, but his successor Roger Cook slashed water supply protections after a possibly empty threat from the US miner.
Perth’s water supply at ‘high risk’ from Alcoa bauxite mining, expert study finds
Exclusive: GHD identified contamination threats to dams inland of Perth from sewage, oil spills, and soil erosion
Westport bill may jump $1b to keep desalination plant working
Longer pipelines into Cockburn Sound must be built before port construction begins or 15 per cent of Perth's water supply will be lost.
Alcoa's plans to mine WA's jarrah forest for 20 more years released
WA's environmental watchdog will consider the risk to Perth's water supply and whether the US miner can rehabilitate the forest it strip-mines.
Alcoa trims controversial mining plans ahead of public comment
The battle of jobs and Alcoa profits versus the jarrah forest and Perth's water supply will ramp up within weeks when the miner's plans are released.
Alcoa unpunished for illegally piping PFAS-contaminated water across WA dam
The $13 billion company will just get a warning letter for secretly creating "an unacceptable risk to drinking water quality."
WA Labor promised to protect the water supply but instead unleashed Alcoa's dangerous mining
Roger Cook granting Alcoa greater access to mine near Perth's dams risks could cost taxpayers billions of dollars and result in water restrictions