Pastoral Water Grants Scheme
The principle aim of the Pastoral Water Grants Scheme is to encourage pastoralists to develop alternative watering points to ease grazing intensity around existing water supplies, thereby encouraging sustainable grazing management.
The Scheme is also designed to secure pastoral properties against water shortages in most years and to enhance homestead water supplies.
Over 500 pastoral leases in the Kimberley, Pilbara and Gascoyne/Murchison and Goldfields regions are eligible to seek assistance under the Scheme. Western Australian Department of Agriculture Regional Technical Officers support the operation of the Scheme and are available to assist pastoralists plan water supply improvements on their leases.
Under the Pastoral Water Grants Scheme:
- the maximum grant available per pastoral business is $20,000
- pastoralists can claim 70% of expenditure on approved water supply improvement work up to the maximum available grant
- two years are allocated from the date of grant approval to undertake the improvement work and claim approved grant
- grants are not awarded retrospectively. Works undertaken prior to grant approval will not be eligible for a grant.
Further information, and an application form, can be downloaded below.
