00:02300 plus homes in limbo. Though developers are ready to build on this 28-hectare Cadena
00:08site, there's one important thing missing.
00:11Surveyors applied three years ago to try and get just the normal process for the subdivision
00:17and unfortunately we haven't been able to get an answer yet to why we can't get water.
00:24SA Water told developers to expect connection advice in February, then said it underestimated
00:31the timeframe required, according to emails seen by the ABC. It's now told them it's further
00:37investigating whether there's sufficient capacity across the entire region.
00:41There's development in Port Hughes that can't get an answer, there's other blocks in Moonta
00:47that can't get answers, there's another one in Wallaroo.
00:50Earlier this year, the Copper Coast was among a group of regional councils calling on the SA Government
00:55to reduce barriers for new homes so they can help with housing supply.
01:00We've got roughly between 2,000 to 2,500 allotments at various stages of development.
01:07I'm really scared of the brakes being put on to a lot of that development due to the lack of
01:13infrastructure.
01:13Most of the State Government's 50,000 new promised homes will be built just north of Adelaide
01:19and SA Water says with its current funding it needs to prioritise those developments.
01:25The Housing Minister's blaming underinvestment by previous governments
01:28and argues further connections could reduce water pressure to other homes.
01:33South Australia for the last 20 years has not been paying enough attention to growth,
01:38not been putting enough investments into growth.
01:41The next round of Government funding will be released in 2028.
01:45We will have to say yes in some places and no in others
01:48and that will be based on how many allotments we get out of the investment.
