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In addition to planning a sound water future for Western Australia through the preparation of a State Water Plan and Regional Water Plans,  we have a number of policies that address specific issues such as protecting water quality and drinking water sources, managing unused water entitlements and ensuring consistency in implementing transferable water entitlements.
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Adobe Portable Document Format Statewide Policy No. 19 - Hydrogeological reporting associated with a Groundwater Well Licence
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Publish Date: 02-MAY-2007 03:31 PM
This policy provides guidance on when Hydrogeological Assessments and groundwater monitoring reports (collectively referred to as hydrogeological reports) will be required, and the information that they should contain. It replaces the current guidelines for hydrogeological reports and groundwater monitoring reports associated with a Groundwater Well Licence (Water and Rivers Commission, May 1998).  
 
Adobe Portable Document Format Statewide Policy No. 17 - Timely Submission of Required Further Information
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Publish Date: 17-SEP-2007 08:53 AM
 
Adobe Portable Document Format Statewide Policy No. 13 - Policy and Guidelines for Recreation within Public Drinking Water Source Areas on Crown Land
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Publish Date: 01-NOV-2003 04:58 PM
The primary aim of this policy document is to protect the ‘drinking water’ environmental value of PDWSAs on Crown land, in the interest of public health. This will be achieved by protecting drinking water sources from contamination that may be caused by inappropriate recreational activities. It is also expected that other values (e.g. aquatic ecosystems) will be afforded some protection through this policy. 
 
Adobe Portable Document Format Statewide Policy No. 12 - Management of Complaints and Disputes on Watercourses in WA
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Publish Date: 01-JUN-2004 04:57 PM
This policy describes the process for managing stream disputes and under what conditions the Commission will be involved such disputes. It details the responsibility, actions and information to be provided by landowners accessing the watercourse, if a dispute arises.  
 
Adobe Portable Document Format Statewide Policy No. 11 - Management of Unused Licensed Water Entitlements
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Publish Date: 01-NOV-2003 04:57 PM
This policy has been prepared to provide a consistent approach in managing unused licensed water entitlements. It establishes a set of principles that will guide the Department when making decisions on licensed water entitlements that have consistently not been fully utilised and under what conditions these entitlements may be recouped for possible redistribution.  
 
Adobe Portable Document Format Statewide Policy No. 10 - Use of Operating Strategies in the Water Licensing Process
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Publish Date: 01-MAY-2006 04:56 PM
This policy applies State wide, to all applicants and licensees (regardless of the nature of their legal structure) who are required to develop and implement an operating strategy, as a condition of being granted a licence under the Rights In Water and Irrigation Act 1914 to take and user either groundwater or surface water.  
 
Adobe Portable Document Format Statewide Policy No. 09 - Water Licensing - Staged Developments
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Publish Date: 01-NOV-2003 04:56 PM
This policy has been prepared to enable the Department to address exceptional situations where secure water allocations are needed by licence applicants who require a reasonable time to achieve full operating capacity of their development and use their entire water entitlement.  
 
Adobe Portable Document Format Statewide Policy No. 08 - Giving and Undertaking to Grant a License or a Permit under the Rights In Water and Irrigation Act 1914
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Publish Date: 01-SEP-2006 04:55 PM
The intent of this policy is to define the circumstances under which the Department will give undertakings for the granting of licences to take water, the approval of agreements with respect to water entitlements, permits to interfere with a water course or licences to construct a well.  
 
Adobe Portable Document Format Statewide Policy No. 06 - Transferable (Tradeable) Water Entitlements for Western Australia
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Publish Date: 01-OCT-2001 04:54 PM
The intent of this policy is to provide a consistent and comprehensive policy foundation for the implementation of Transferable (or Tradeable) Water Entitlements (TWE) in Western Australia. It has been prepared to foresee many of the policy issues that may arise with implementation and explain how the Department will address them. This policy will provide guidance to Department staff, water users and other interested parties.  
 
Adobe Portable Document Format Statewide Policy No. 05 - Environmental Water Provisions Policy for Western Australia
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Publish Date: 01-NOV-2000 04:54 PM
This policy describes principles and processes to be applied by the Department in determining how much water should be retained for the environment when allocating and reviewing water use rights. It also identifies important linkages to the State's statutory framework.  
 
Adobe Portable Document Format Statewide Policy No. 03 - Water Sharing
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Publish Date: 01-MAY-2000 04:53 PM
This paper sets out a proposed interim policy basis for managing surface and groundwater allocations in Western Australia.  
 
Adobe Portable Document Format Statewide Policy No. 02 - Pesticide Use in Public Drinking Water Source Areas
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Publish Date: 01-NOV-2000 04:52 PM
This policy presents the Department's position on the use of pesticides within proclaimed Public Drinking Water Source Areas.  
 
Adobe Portable Document Format Statewide Policy No. 01 - Policy and Guidelines for Construction and Silica Sand Mining in Public Drinking Water Source Areas
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Publish Date: 01-NOV-1999 04:51 PM
The objective of this policy is to protect water quality and quantity within Public Drinking Water Source Areas from the adverse impacts of sand mining operations, and ensure that all sites are rehabilitated to an acceptable standard. This policy applies to all construction and silica sand mining operations within Public Drinking Water Source Areas.  
 
Adobe Portable Document Format Analysis and Response to Public Submissions on Statewide Policy No. 17 - Timely Submission of Required Further Information
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Publish Date: 17-SEP-2007 08:53 AM