❓ A parliamentary question seeks details on water extraction licenses issued for the Yarragadee Aquifer, including allocation, location, volume, use, and percentage of sustainable yield. The response provides a total number of licenses but refers to a tabled paper for specific details and withholds individual water use information.
AnsweredQoN 3707Legislative Council
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(1) How many water extraction licences have been issued, in the last three years for the Yarragadee Aquifer?
(2) Who have licenses been allocated to?
(3) What are the locations of the licences, and the volume of water approved for extraction?
(4) What is the proposed use of the water?
(5) For each area in which a license was issued, what percent of the estimated sustainable yield, does the license represent?
(2) Who have licenses been allocated to?
(3) What are the locations of the licences, and the volume of water approved for extraction?
(4) What is the proposed use of the water?
(5) For each area in which a license was issued, what percent of the estimated sustainable yield, does the license represent?
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Answered
13 April 2011
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Water
Response time
28 days
The Minister for Water has provided the following response:
(1) There are numerous hydraulically separate Yarragadee Aquifers between Augusta and Geraldton. The total number of licences from all the Yarragadee Aquifers is 157.
(2-3) [see tabled paper no]
(4) The details of individual water use is not available as this information is not in the public domain.
(5) See response to (2-3).
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(1) There are numerous hydraulically separate Yarragadee Aquifers between Augusta and Geraldton. The total number of licences from all the Yarragadee Aquifers is 157.
(2-3) [see tabled paper no]
(4) The details of individual water use is not available as this information is not in the public domain.
(5) See response to (2-3).
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