A COMMUNITY drop-in session about the provision scheme water infrastructure for Bullsbrook will be held on Saturday, May 24.

The Department of Defence said the session was an opportunity for the community to discuss pipeline construction activities and connections to scheme water infrastructure and per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) remediation and management actions for Pearce air base.

The most recent Bullsbrook scheme water infrastructure community update said more than 8km of pipe had been installed in West Bullsbrook, construction had started in South Bullsbrook with more than 1km of pipe already installed since January and the micro tunnelling section beneath Tonkin Highway successfully completed to design requirements.

The community update said in West Bullsbrook teams were continuing the installation of pipe along Railway Parade and Almeria Parade and had recently started working through the higher density residential areas including Brockholes Street.

In South Bullsbrook the team will complete installation of pipe on Warren Road and then move north onto Dewar Road.

In November 2018, the Department of Defence completed a detailed environmental investigation into the presence of PFAS on and in the vicinity of Pearce air base with investigations establishing that that PFAS were mostly concentrated in areas where firefighting foams were previously used, stored or disposed.

In Defence outlines steps for scheme water access the department said in West Bullsbrook 188 properties would have the option to connect to the 14.2km pipeline with water supplied from the Ellenbrook tank.

Seventeen properties in South Bullsbrook would be able to connect and their water source would be a tank on Chittering Road.

A brochure available at a community session in 2023 said the Water Corporation needed to carry out upgrades in Bullsbrook before the South Bullsbrook pipeline could be commissioned and that construction of the West Bullsbrook pipeline required trenching and horizontal drilling under the Tonkin Highway and the railway line at two locations.

Defence said to treat the water to Water Corporation standards a water treatment facility would be built on Robinson Road west of Tonkin Highway.

No bookings are required  for the drop-in session and community members can drop in at any time between 10am and 1pm at the Bullsbrook Museum (outdoor area) 22 Turner Road, Bullsbrook.