Consultation draft – Fitzroy-Derby water resources management plan: policy and guidance

Overview

The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation sought feedback and submissions on the Consultation draft – Fitzroy-Derby water resources management plan: policy and guidance from 1 April to 30 June 2026.

Input was sought with particular regard to how we should support sustainable groundwater use for economic development in the Fitzroy–Derby plan area, while protecting the Fitzroy River and water-dependent ecological, cultural, heritage and social values of the plan area.

Find out more about the draft plan and other related reports on our Fitzroy-Derby water planning page.

Published Responses

To view online and other submissions, where the respondent did not request confidentiality, visit our Fitzroy-Derby consultation page.

Consultation update

We thank everyone who made a submission during the consultation phase. We received a total of over 50,000 submissions.

We will soon make submitted responses available where the respondent agreed to publication or did not request confidentiality. We will also summarise campaign and other submissions on the Fitzroy-Derby plan consultation page.

The extensive feedback gathered during consultation will help inform the final plan.

Public consultation information

Submissions closed 5pm 30 June 2026.

During the public consultation period, we encouraged people to provide a submission on the draft plan and participate in our community information sessions held in Perth, Broome, Derby, Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing. We also continued talking to Traditional Owners, and industry, community and government during this time and will continue to as we finalise the plan.

People could provide feedback by attending one of our community information sessions or completing an online survey, which was preceded with the following consultation privacy statement:

All submissions will be treated as public and may be published on our website following conclusion of the consultation period, unless the author specifically requests that the submission, or part thereof, be handled in confidence.

Please note that even if you request that your submission be treated as confidential by the department, it may still be disclosed in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 1992, or any other applicable written law. The department reserves the right before publishing a submission to delete any content that could be regarded as racially vilifying, derogatory or defamatory to an individual or an organisation.