The heavy rains earlier this month haven't put a dampener on plans for a possible desalination plant in the Illawarra.
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In early January the idea was floated to establish a desalination plant - which would turn seawater into drinking water - in the Illawarra.
The suggestion came as Water Minister Melinda Pavey announced a fast-tracking of capacity at the plant in the Sydney suburb of Kurnell.
However, any plan to construct the Illawarra plant would be dependent on the drought continuing and if dam levels kept falling.
In early February, heavy rains saw dams that supplied the Illawarra with water filling up - and in some cases overflowing.
On Wednesday, Avon Dam was at 88.9 per cent, Cordeaux was 73.9 per cent and Cataract 68.7 per cent.
The rains saw Ms Pavey announce water restrictions would be relaxed from March 1.
Which left the future of the desalination plant in limbo, as the dams filled up.
But Ms Pavey said the possibility of an Illawarra plant is still on the agenda.
"WaterNSW is currently in the early stages of investigating a new desalination plant in the Illawarra," Ms Pavey said.
"This includes work to select sites for the potential new desalination plant and suitable connection points into the water supply network.
"Detailed planning doesn't obligate the NSW Government to construct the expansion but it does ensure the government is ready to act immediately to increase water supply if drought continues and dam levels fall further."
Earlier this month, Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery had been concerned the rains could see the government put the plant on the back burner.
"In light of this rain event I suppose it takes the pressure off," he said at the time.
"But who's to say in another six months' time we could be facing the same problem we had last week."