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VICTORIAN DESALINATION PROJECT
LEGAL RISK
MANAGEMENT
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................3
REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO VDP PROJECT.............................................................4
ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS ACT 1978 (EES Act)..............................................................4
THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 1970 (EP Act)...............................................4
THE RENEWABLE ENERGY ACT 2006...........................................................................5
CATCHMENT AND LAND PROTECTION ACT 1994 (CMAs).......................................5
FLORA AND FAUNA GUARANTEE ACT 1988 (FFG ACT)...........................................6
CONTRACT USED FOR VDP PROJECT...............................................................................6
RISK INVOLVED IN PPP CONTRACT..................................................................................7
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................9

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LEGAL RISK MANAGEMENT
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INTRODUCTION
In the South Gippsland beside Wonthaggi, The Victorian Desalination Plant (VDP) was built
up by Aquasure consortium. It is a public-private partnership between Aquasure and
Victorian Government. The main scope behind this desalination plant was to provide with
water pipeline for transferring water to the Melbourne regions and create a water network
along with subversive power supply near Cardinia. Thiess Degremont Joint Venture made a
contract with Aquasure for constructing and designing the venture while TDJV is supposed to
maintain and operate VDP. Initially the project was referred as Environmental Effect
Statement in environmental management framework but gradually it was developed and
included with contractual requirements for both Maintenance and Operation (O&M) and
Construction and Design (D&C) teams of the project (VICTORIAN DESALINATION
PROJECT , 2010).
According to the environment management agenda, the project needs to be planned and
constructed according to the requirements laid in Environmental Performance document
which is included in Project deed (Appendix S3) (SUEZ Australia and New Zealand,
n.d.). Also the Victorian environmental legal needs and commonwealth requires to be
fulfilled in order to support environmental performance requirements. One of the major
objectives for both constructing and operating teams was to manage the venture without
hampering environmental conditions of the regions. In order to meet water requirements in
future, the Australian Government announced to initiate Reverse Osmosis (RO) desalination
plant in the year 2007 to provide drinking water from seawater. According to the plan,
Melbourne would get sufficient water supply along with providing a set up of rainfall
independent water supply system (Aquasure, 2017).