❓ A parliamentary question seeks data on WA's water usage over the past decade and inquires about water efficiency audits of major users. The Minister provides limited data from 2000 and 2004, citing a lack of annually collated data and fails to address questions regarding water efficiency audits.
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(1) Will the minister table data on Western Australia’s annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors over the past 10 years? (2) Will the minister table data on the annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors during the past 10 years in southern Western Australia? (3) Has an efficiency audit ever been conducted into the major water users in Western Australia? (4) If yes to (3), what possible water savings have been identified if those users were to adopt world’s best practice in water efficiency? (5) If no to (3), why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer I have before me responds to only two questions, which are - (1) Will the minister table data on Western Australia’s annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors over the past 10 years? (2) Will the minister table data on the annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors during the past 10 years in southern Western Australia? I have not been given a copy of questions (3), (4) and (5). Therefore, I do not have a response to them. I do not know what has happened in that regard. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested as water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resources audit in 2000. A table is provided at this point in the response. (2) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested because water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following information is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resource audit in 2000. For the purpose of answering this question, southern Western Australia is defined as the region stretching from Kalbarri in the north west to Eucla in the south west. This represents the region with the highest water use in the State. I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
(2) Will the minister table data on the annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors during the past 10 years in southern Western Australia? (3) Has an efficiency audit ever been conducted into the major water users in Western Australia? (4) If yes to (3), what possible water savings have been identified if those users were to adopt world’s best practice in water efficiency? (5) If no to (3), why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer I have before me responds to only two questions, which are - (1) Will the minister table data on Western Australia’s annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors over the past 10 years? (2) Will the minister table data on the annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors during the past 10 years in southern Western Australia? I have not been given a copy of questions (3), (4) and (5). Therefore, I do not have a response to them. I do not know what has happened in that regard. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested as water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resources audit in 2000. A table is provided at this point in the response. (2) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested because water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following information is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resource audit in 2000. For the purpose of answering this question, southern Western Australia is defined as the region stretching from Kalbarri in the north west to Eucla in the south west. This represents the region with the highest water use in the State. I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
(3) Has an efficiency audit ever been conducted into the major water users in Western Australia? (4) If yes to (3), what possible water savings have been identified if those users were to adopt world’s best practice in water efficiency? (5) If no to (3), why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer I have before me responds to only two questions, which are - (1) Will the minister table data on Western Australia’s annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors over the past 10 years? (2) Will the minister table data on the annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors during the past 10 years in southern Western Australia? I have not been given a copy of questions (3), (4) and (5). Therefore, I do not have a response to them. I do not know what has happened in that regard. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested as water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resources audit in 2000. A table is provided at this point in the response. (2) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested because water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following information is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resource audit in 2000. For the purpose of answering this question, southern Western Australia is defined as the region stretching from Kalbarri in the north west to Eucla in the south west. This represents the region with the highest water use in the State. I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
(4) If yes to (3), what possible water savings have been identified if those users were to adopt world’s best practice in water efficiency? (5) If no to (3), why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer I have before me responds to only two questions, which are - (1) Will the minister table data on Western Australia’s annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors over the past 10 years? (2) Will the minister table data on the annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors during the past 10 years in southern Western Australia? I have not been given a copy of questions (3), (4) and (5). Therefore, I do not have a response to them. I do not know what has happened in that regard. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested as water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resources audit in 2000. A table is provided at this point in the response. (2) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested because water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following information is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resource audit in 2000. For the purpose of answering this question, southern Western Australia is defined as the region stretching from Kalbarri in the north west to Eucla in the south west. This represents the region with the highest water use in the State. I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
(5) If no to (3), why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer I have before me responds to only two questions, which are - (1) Will the minister table data on Western Australia’s annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors over the past 10 years? (2) Will the minister table data on the annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors during the past 10 years in southern Western Australia? I have not been given a copy of questions (3), (4) and (5). Therefore, I do not have a response to them. I do not know what has happened in that regard. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested as water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resources audit in 2000. A table is provided at this point in the response. (2) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested because water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following information is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resource audit in 2000. For the purpose of answering this question, southern Western Australia is defined as the region stretching from Kalbarri in the north west to Eucla in the south west. This represents the region with the highest water use in the State. I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer I have before me responds to only two questions, which are - (1) Will the minister table data on Western Australia’s annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors over the past 10 years? (2) Will the minister table data on the annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors during the past 10 years in southern Western Australia? I have not been given a copy of questions (3), (4) and (5). Therefore, I do not have a response to them. I do not know what has happened in that regard. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested as water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resources audit in 2000. A table is provided at this point in the response. (2) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested because water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following information is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resource audit in 2000. For the purpose of answering this question, southern Western Australia is defined as the region stretching from Kalbarri in the north west to Eucla in the south west. This represents the region with the highest water use in the State. I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer I have before me responds to only two questions, which are - (1) Will the minister table data on Western Australia’s annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors over the past 10 years? (2) Will the minister table data on the annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors during the past 10 years in southern Western Australia? I have not been given a copy of questions (3), (4) and (5). Therefore, I do not have a response to them. I do not know what has happened in that regard. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested as water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resources audit in 2000. A table is provided at this point in the response. (2) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested because water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following information is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resource audit in 2000. For the purpose of answering this question, southern Western Australia is defined as the region stretching from Kalbarri in the north west to Eucla in the south west. This represents the region with the highest water use in the State. I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
(1) Will the minister table data on Western Australia’s annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors over the past 10 years? (2) Will the minister table data on the annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors during the past 10 years in southern Western Australia? I have not been given a copy of questions (3), (4) and (5). Therefore, I do not have a response to them. I do not know what has happened in that regard. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested as water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resources audit in 2000. A table is provided at this point in the response. (2) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested because water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following information is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resource audit in 2000. For the purpose of answering this question, southern Western Australia is defined as the region stretching from Kalbarri in the north west to Eucla in the south west. This represents the region with the highest water use in the State. I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
(2) Will the minister table data on the annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors during the past 10 years in southern Western Australia? I have not been given a copy of questions (3), (4) and (5). Therefore, I do not have a response to them. I do not know what has happened in that regard. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested as water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resources audit in 2000. A table is provided at this point in the response. (2) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested because water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following information is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resource audit in 2000. For the purpose of answering this question, southern Western Australia is defined as the region stretching from Kalbarri in the north west to Eucla in the south west. This represents the region with the highest water use in the State. I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
I have not been given a copy of questions (3), (4) and (5). Therefore, I do not have a response to them. I do not know what has happened in that regard. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested as water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resources audit in 2000. A table is provided at this point in the response. (2) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested because water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following information is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resource audit in 2000. For the purpose of answering this question, southern Western Australia is defined as the region stretching from Kalbarri in the north west to Eucla in the south west. This represents the region with the highest water use in the State. I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
(1) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested as water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resources audit in 2000. A table is provided at this point in the response. (2) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested because water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following information is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resource audit in 2000. For the purpose of answering this question, southern Western Australia is defined as the region stretching from Kalbarri in the north west to Eucla in the south west. This represents the region with the highest water use in the State. I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
(2) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested because water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following information is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resource audit in 2000. For the purpose of answering this question, southern Western Australia is defined as the region stretching from Kalbarri in the north west to Eucla in the south west. This represents the region with the highest water use in the State. I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
(1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
(2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
(2) Will the minister table data on the annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors during the past 10 years in southern Western Australia? (3) Has an efficiency audit ever been conducted into the major water users in Western Australia? (4) If yes to (3), what possible water savings have been identified if those users were to adopt world’s best practice in water efficiency? (5) If no to (3), why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer I have before me responds to only two questions, which are - (1) Will the minister table data on Western Australia’s annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors over the past 10 years? (2) Will the minister table data on the annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors during the past 10 years in southern Western Australia? I have not been given a copy of questions (3), (4) and (5). Therefore, I do not have a response to them. I do not know what has happened in that regard. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested as water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resources audit in 2000. A table is provided at this point in the response. (2) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested because water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following information is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resource audit in 2000. For the purpose of answering this question, southern Western Australia is defined as the region stretching from Kalbarri in the north west to Eucla in the south west. This represents the region with the highest water use in the State. I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
(3) Has an efficiency audit ever been conducted into the major water users in Western Australia? (4) If yes to (3), what possible water savings have been identified if those users were to adopt world’s best practice in water efficiency? (5) If no to (3), why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer I have before me responds to only two questions, which are - (1) Will the minister table data on Western Australia’s annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors over the past 10 years? (2) Will the minister table data on the annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors during the past 10 years in southern Western Australia? I have not been given a copy of questions (3), (4) and (5). Therefore, I do not have a response to them. I do not know what has happened in that regard. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested as water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resources audit in 2000. A table is provided at this point in the response. (2) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested because water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following information is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resource audit in 2000. For the purpose of answering this question, southern Western Australia is defined as the region stretching from Kalbarri in the north west to Eucla in the south west. This represents the region with the highest water use in the State. I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
(4) If yes to (3), what possible water savings have been identified if those users were to adopt world’s best practice in water efficiency? (5) If no to (3), why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer I have before me responds to only two questions, which are - (1) Will the minister table data on Western Australia’s annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors over the past 10 years? (2) Will the minister table data on the annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors during the past 10 years in southern Western Australia? I have not been given a copy of questions (3), (4) and (5). Therefore, I do not have a response to them. I do not know what has happened in that regard. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested as water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resources audit in 2000. A table is provided at this point in the response. (2) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested because water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following information is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resource audit in 2000. For the purpose of answering this question, southern Western Australia is defined as the region stretching from Kalbarri in the north west to Eucla in the south west. This represents the region with the highest water use in the State. I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
(5) If no to (3), why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer I have before me responds to only two questions, which are - (1) Will the minister table data on Western Australia’s annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors over the past 10 years? (2) Will the minister table data on the annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors during the past 10 years in southern Western Australia? I have not been given a copy of questions (3), (4) and (5). Therefore, I do not have a response to them. I do not know what has happened in that regard. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested as water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resources audit in 2000. A table is provided at this point in the response. (2) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested because water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following information is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resource audit in 2000. For the purpose of answering this question, southern Western Australia is defined as the region stretching from Kalbarri in the north west to Eucla in the south west. This represents the region with the highest water use in the State. I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer I have before me responds to only two questions, which are - (1) Will the minister table data on Western Australia’s annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors over the past 10 years? (2) Will the minister table data on the annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors during the past 10 years in southern Western Australia? I have not been given a copy of questions (3), (4) and (5). Therefore, I do not have a response to them. I do not know what has happened in that regard. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested as water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resources audit in 2000. A table is provided at this point in the response. (2) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested because water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following information is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resource audit in 2000. For the purpose of answering this question, southern Western Australia is defined as the region stretching from Kalbarri in the north west to Eucla in the south west. This represents the region with the highest water use in the State. I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer I have before me responds to only two questions, which are - (1) Will the minister table data on Western Australia’s annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors over the past 10 years? (2) Will the minister table data on the annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors during the past 10 years in southern Western Australia? I have not been given a copy of questions (3), (4) and (5). Therefore, I do not have a response to them. I do not know what has happened in that regard. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested as water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resources audit in 2000. A table is provided at this point in the response. (2) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested because water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following information is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resource audit in 2000. For the purpose of answering this question, southern Western Australia is defined as the region stretching from Kalbarri in the north west to Eucla in the south west. This represents the region with the highest water use in the State. I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
(1) Will the minister table data on Western Australia’s annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors over the past 10 years? (2) Will the minister table data on the annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors during the past 10 years in southern Western Australia? I have not been given a copy of questions (3), (4) and (5). Therefore, I do not have a response to them. I do not know what has happened in that regard. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested as water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resources audit in 2000. A table is provided at this point in the response. (2) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested because water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following information is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resource audit in 2000. For the purpose of answering this question, southern Western Australia is defined as the region stretching from Kalbarri in the north west to Eucla in the south west. This represents the region with the highest water use in the State. I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
(2) Will the minister table data on the annual water use, including ground water use, by sectors during the past 10 years in southern Western Australia? I have not been given a copy of questions (3), (4) and (5). Therefore, I do not have a response to them. I do not know what has happened in that regard. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested as water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resources audit in 2000. A table is provided at this point in the response. (2) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested because water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following information is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resource audit in 2000. For the purpose of answering this question, southern Western Australia is defined as the region stretching from Kalbarri in the north west to Eucla in the south west. This represents the region with the highest water use in the State. I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
I have not been given a copy of questions (3), (4) and (5). Therefore, I do not have a response to them. I do not know what has happened in that regard. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested as water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resources audit in 2000. A table is provided at this point in the response. (2) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested because water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following information is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resource audit in 2000. For the purpose of answering this question, southern Western Australia is defined as the region stretching from Kalbarri in the north west to Eucla in the south west. This represents the region with the highest water use in the State. I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
(1) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested as water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resources audit in 2000. A table is provided at this point in the response. (2) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested because water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following information is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resource audit in 2000. For the purpose of answering this question, southern Western Australia is defined as the region stretching from Kalbarri in the north west to Eucla in the south west. This represents the region with the highest water use in the State. I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
(2) The Department of Environment is unable to provide the information requested because water use data is not collated for all sectors on an annual basis. The following information is taken from the information collected for the national land and water resource audit in 2000. For the purpose of answering this question, southern Western Australia is defined as the region stretching from Kalbarri in the north west to Eucla in the south west. This represents the region with the highest water use in the State. I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
I seek leave to have the tables incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
The following material was incorporated - (1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
(1) TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
TABLE 1. WATER USE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA PER SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 229 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 710 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 61 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 419 Water used for industry - fresh 81 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 127 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 79 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,818 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
2 Department of Environment estimates 2004 (2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
(2) TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
TABLE 2. WATER USE IN SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY SECTOR CATEGORY Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
Sector name Sector water use (GL/yr) Water used for domestic (household) purposes - fresh 218 Water used for irrigated agriculture - fresh to marginal 431 Water used for stock (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to brackish 39 Water used for mining - fresh to hypersaline 124 Water used for industry - fresh 75 Water used for services (commercial) - fresh 103 Water used for parks and gardens - fresh to marginal 78 Unlicensed estimates in the metropolitan area (estimated 140 000 garden bores)2 112 Total water used (licensed and unlicensed) - fresh to hypersaline 1,180 1 Information from National Land and Water Audit (2000) - Broad estimates 2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
2 Department of Environment estimates 2004
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