❓ Hon Dee Margetts asks about the growth in requests for major new water allocations in Perth and surrounding regions since WA signed the COAG Water Reform Framework in 1994. The Minister provides data on the number and volume of these allocations.
AnsweredQoN 2160Legislative Council
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With regard to the Commonwealth’s national water initiative -
(1) Since Western Australia signed the COAG Water Reform Framework in 1994, can the Minister advise of the level of growth in requests for major new water allocations in Perth and the surrounding regions?
(2) What quantity of new water allocations does this represent?
(1) Since Western Australia signed the COAG Water Reform Framework in 1994, can the Minister advise of the level of growth in requests for major new water allocations in Perth and the surrounding regions?
(2) What quantity of new water allocations does this represent?
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Answered
17 August 2004
Responded by
Minister for Local Government and Regional Development representing the Minister for the Environment
Response time
48 days
(1) Licensed entitlements of greater than 500,000 kilolitres per annum have been taken to represent 'major water allocations' for the purpose of answering these questions. Between 1994 and 2004, 437 new applications were received for major water allocations in Perth and the surrounding region. This figure was inflated in 1996 and 1997 by the initial licensing of the Water Corporation allocations following the splitting of the Water Authority and the formation of the Water and Rivers Commission and Office of Water Regulation in 1996. If those Water Corporation licences are discounted on the grounds that they do not represent new allocations requested, approximately 22 applications are received annually on average. (2) The quantity of water represented by the 437 new major water allocations received between 1994 and 2004 is 626,290,722 kilolitres per annum (626 GL), that is 62% of the total water allocated state-wide during that time.
(2) The quantity of water represented by the 437 new major water allocations received between 1994 and 2004 is 626,290,722 kilolitres per annum (626 GL), that is 62% of the total water allocated state-wide during that time.
(2) The quantity of water represented by the 437 new major water allocations received between 1994 and 2004 is 626,290,722 kilolitres per annum (626 GL), that is 62% of the total water allocated state-wide during that time.
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