Water Treatment (4 plants)

. Queensland Food Corp preprocessed a variety of fresh fruits at its

Brisbane and Darwin plants. One of the first stages of processing involved cleaning the fruit to remove

dirt and pesticides. The dirty water was simply sent down the drain and into the like-named rivers.

Recent legislation from the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and

Communities (Australian Government) called for any waste water containing even the slight traces of

poisonous chemicals to be treated at the sources and gave companies four years to comply. As and

environmentally oriented project, this proposal fell outside the normal financial tests of project

attractiveness. Gardner noted, however, that the wastewater treatment equipment could be purchased

today for $400,000; he speculated that the same equipment would cost $1.0 million in four years when

immediate conversion became mandatory. In the intervening time, the company would run the risks that Australian Government and local regulators would shorten the compliance time or that the company's

pollution record would become public and impair the image of the company in the eyes of the consumer.

This project would be classed in the environmental category

I need the answers to these questions for the case study above

1. SUMMARY MILESTONE SCHEDULE 2.PROJECT RISKS 3. PROJECT CLOSING