Residents of a South Perth apartment block, first walled in by surrounding developments then inexplicably flooded, still have no answers on their 'watery grave'.
The 100 Mill Point Road apartments, once desirable real estate with nice river views, were first dubbed 'coffins' after planning law bungles saw them walled in on all sides by new tower developments.
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South Perth resident caught in apartment farce
A South Perth couple say they have been caught up in a development nightmare, as a neighbouring building development blankets their balcony. Vision: Nine News Perth.
Water then started rising in the coffins – the building's bottom level has been flooded with groundwater for several weeks, with no-one taking the blame or fixing the problem.
An order to evacuate residents as water threatened the electrics inside the building was reversed by Western Power apparently without explanation, though the agency continues to monitor the situation.
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Trucks have remained outside 100 Mill Point Road continuously ever since, pumping water from the still-flooded basement.
Developer Finbar is pumping rising groundwater from the Aurelia development site two lots down, beneath Mill Point Road to the Civic Heart development site on the opposite side of the road, and has denied it is at fault.
Residents in late January photographed fresh bitumen over an apparent sinkhole that opened in the footpath outside the Aurelia site.
Footpaths on the north boundary of the site continue to subside in February, photographs show.
Street trees along the nearby Labouchere Road median strip appear to have died since being photographed by Google Street View three months ago, prompting residents to speculate about changes in salinity.
The City of South Perth has had to continuously close traffic lanes at the site to accommodate dewatering trucks.
Chief executive Geoff Glass said the situation was inconveniencing residents and motorists at the freeway entry.
"City officers had met with developer Finbar and builder Hanssen to "express their concern at the apparent impacts of the current dewatering practices" and requested they remove groundwater using tankers. This was now occurring.
"The City's lawyers are also reviewing any obligations the City has in the matter and what, if any, authority the City can exercise," he said.
The City had also requested Finbar continue to negotiate with the Department of Parks and Wildlife and the Water Corporation to develop alternative acceptable solutions to dispose of the water.
Mr Glass said the the planning approval had included a dewatering management plan approved by state agencies.
Hanssen had a licence to pump the water to the Civic Heart 'lakes' to be re-infiltrated. The process had been underway for about six months.
The City had engaged a consulting hydrologist to review the management plan and was continuing to investigate what action it could take to help facilitate a resolution.
Finbar declined to comment.