In this Environment Effects Statement (EES) Volume 1 Synthesis of Environmental Effects, the Victorian Desalination Project is placed in the broad context of Victoria’s requirements for water security and the State’s water policy and system requirements.

Volume 1 summarises the Project, its proposed Public Private Partnership delivery mode and the approach taken to the EES. It discusses the environmental assessment and approvals process in detail, including assessment requirements under the Environment Effects Act 1978 (Vic) and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cwlth).

The Evaluation Framework and the approach to environmental impact investigations are presented in this volume. It provides an overview of regulatory and policy implications, and describes evaluation objectives and evaluation criteria for the Project. It describes the risk assessment process and outlines the relationship between risk and environmental impact assessment.

The effects of greenhouse gases are assessed in this volume. Environmental and socio-economic effects of Project components are summarised, drawing together the assessment, mitigation and management detailed in Volumes 2 to 5. The volume also discusses the effects of the Project on matters of national environmental significance.

And finally, the volume describes the Environmental Management Framework, (in the context of the proposed Public Private Partnership delivery structure for the Project) including the Performance Requirements, designed to mitigate, manage and monitor the environmental effects of the Project during the construction and operations phases of the Project.

The Technical Appendices contain specialist reports and other documents relevant to the volume, including the Consultation Report, legislation and policy summary and the Performance Requirements.

Volume 1 Contents & Executive Summary (PDF~3.5mb)Volume 1 Document Structure (PDF~370kb)Volume 1 Chapter 1 - Introduction (PDF~1.1mb)Volume 1 Chapter 2 - Project Rationale and Site Selection (PDF~860kb)Volume 1 Chapter 3 - Project Description (PDF~1.6mb)Volume 1 Chapter 4 - EES Evaluation Framework (PDF~779kb)Volume 1 Chapter 5 - Summary of Environmental Effects (PDF~547kb)Volume 1 Chapter 6 - Matters of National Environmental Significance (PDF~815kb)Volume 1 Chapter 7 - Summary of Socio-Economic Effects (PDF~528kb)Volume 1 Chapter 8 - Greenhouse Gas Emissions (PDF~1.0mb)Volume 1 Chapter 9 - Waste Management (PDF~525kb)Volume 1 Chapter 10 - Environmental Management Framework (PDF~799kb)Volume 1 Chapter 11 - Conclusion (PDF~405kb)Volume 1 References & Terms (PDF~2.8mb)