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Closed Consultations

• Draft Procedure for environmental offsets metric inputs

  The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation is seeking public comment on the draft Procedure for environmental offsets metric inputs. Once finalised, this procedure will form part of the department’s policy framework. This procedure is for use with the WA... More

  Closed 8 July 2022

• Draft guideline: Spring exemptions

  The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation is seeking public comment on the draft Guideline: Spring exemptions under Part III section 5(1)(a) of the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914. This guideline is part of the department’s policy framework. Guidance is needed as the Act... More

  Closed 31 May 2022

• Aligning domestic garden bore sprinkler roster with the scheme water roster

  Across Perth and Mandurah, domestic garden bores collectively abstract around 90 GL (gigalitres, or billion litres) which is equivalent to 90 Optus Stadiums full of water per year, or 22 per cent of all water abstracted from our groundwater systems. Currently, domestic garden bores are able... More

  Closed 28 February 2022

• Draft Gnangara groundwater allocation plan

  The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation is seeking submissions on the Gnangara groundwater allocation plan: draft for public comment. The draft plan addresses the impact that climate change is having on Perth’s northern groundwater resources and their dependent... More

  Closed 28 February 2022

• Draft Guideline: Dust emissions

  The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (the department) is seeking public comment on the draft Guideline: Dust emissions. This guideline is part of a series of technical documents aimed at providing applicants guidance on the department's requirements for the assessment of... More

  Closed 5 November 2021