❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding the inventory, licensing, and metering of groundwater bores in the Perth metropolitan region. The government confirms the existence of an inventory and provides data on the number of bores, licensed bores, and metered bores.
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GROUND WATER BORES
(1) Does the government maintain an inventory of ground water bores in the Perth metropolitan region? (2) If yes - (a) how many bores are in the Perth metropolitan region; (b) how many are licensed; and (c) how many are metered? (3) If no, when will the government undertake to carry out a complete inventory of ground water bores in the Perth metropolitan region? (4) If ground water bores are unlicensed or unmetered, what plans does the government have to license them or meter them? Hon KIM CHANCE
(1) Does the government maintain an inventory of ground water bores in the Perth metropolitan region? (2) If yes - (a) how many bores are in the Perth metropolitan region; (b) how many are licensed; and (c) how many are metered? (3) If no, when will the government undertake to carry out a complete inventory of ground water bores in the Perth metropolitan region? (4) If ground water bores are unlicensed or unmetered, what plans does the government have to license them or meter them? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. Hon Paul Llewellyn : A deep question. Hon KIM CHANCE : It is a very good question. The amazing thing is that I have been provided with a detailed answer. I do not know how people can get this sort of information so quickly. I never cease to be amazed at how good some government agencies are at providing answers. The following is the answer, bearing in mind we are all still recovering from the shattering information that Hon George Cash will not be here in 10 years! (1) Yes. (2) The following is the situation with bores - (a) as at 9 May 2006, the Department of Water database shows there are 154 097 bores in the Perth metropolitan area; (b) there are 4 097 licensed bores; and (c) there are 45 metered bores. (3) Not applicable. (4) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres a year or more are required to be metered. As part of the Gnangara mound management program, the government has provided funds to install meters for bores licensed for five megalitres a year or more in the Wanneroo area.
(2) If yes - (a) how many bores are in the Perth metropolitan region; (b) how many are licensed; and (c) how many are metered? (3) If no, when will the government undertake to carry out a complete inventory of ground water bores in the Perth metropolitan region? (4) If ground water bores are unlicensed or unmetered, what plans does the government have to license them or meter them? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. Hon Paul Llewellyn : A deep question. Hon KIM CHANCE : It is a very good question. The amazing thing is that I have been provided with a detailed answer. I do not know how people can get this sort of information so quickly. I never cease to be amazed at how good some government agencies are at providing answers. The following is the answer, bearing in mind we are all still recovering from the shattering information that Hon George Cash will not be here in 10 years! (1) Yes. (2) The following is the situation with bores - (a) as at 9 May 2006, the Department of Water database shows there are 154 097 bores in the Perth metropolitan area; (b) there are 4 097 licensed bores; and (c) there are 45 metered bores. (3) Not applicable. (4) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres a year or more are required to be metered. As part of the Gnangara mound management program, the government has provided funds to install meters for bores licensed for five megalitres a year or more in the Wanneroo area.
(b) how many are licensed; and (c) how many are metered?
(c) how many are metered?
(4) If ground water bores are unlicensed or unmetered, what plans does the government have to license them or meter them? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. Hon Paul Llewellyn : A deep question. Hon KIM CHANCE : It is a very good question. The amazing thing is that I have been provided with a detailed answer. I do not know how people can get this sort of information so quickly. I never cease to be amazed at how good some government agencies are at providing answers. The following is the answer, bearing in mind we are all still recovering from the shattering information that Hon George Cash will not be here in 10 years! (1) Yes. (2) The following is the situation with bores - (a) as at 9 May 2006, the Department of Water database shows there are 154 097 bores in the Perth metropolitan area; (b) there are 4 097 licensed bores; and (c) there are 45 metered bores. (3) Not applicable. (4) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres a year or more are required to be metered. As part of the Gnangara mound management program, the government has provided funds to install meters for bores licensed for five megalitres a year or more in the Wanneroo area.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. Hon Paul Llewellyn : A deep question. Hon KIM CHANCE : It is a very good question. The amazing thing is that I have been provided with a detailed answer. I do not know how people can get this sort of information so quickly. I never cease to be amazed at how good some government agencies are at providing answers. The following is the answer, bearing in mind we are all still recovering from the shattering information that Hon George Cash will not be here in 10 years! (1) Yes. (2) The following is the situation with bores - (a) as at 9 May 2006, the Department of Water database shows there are 154 097 bores in the Perth metropolitan area; (b) there are 4 097 licensed bores; and (c) there are 45 metered bores. (3) Not applicable. (4) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres a year or more are required to be metered. As part of the Gnangara mound management program, the government has provided funds to install meters for bores licensed for five megalitres a year or more in the Wanneroo area.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. Hon Paul Llewellyn : A deep question. Hon KIM CHANCE : It is a very good question. The amazing thing is that I have been provided with a detailed answer. I do not know how people can get this sort of information so quickly. I never cease to be amazed at how good some government agencies are at providing answers. The following is the answer, bearing in mind we are all still recovering from the shattering information that Hon George Cash will not be here in 10 years! (1) Yes. (2) The following is the situation with bores - (a) as at 9 May 2006, the Department of Water database shows there are 154 097 bores in the Perth metropolitan area; (b) there are 4 097 licensed bores; and (c) there are 45 metered bores. (3) Not applicable. (4) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres a year or more are required to be metered. As part of the Gnangara mound management program, the government has provided funds to install meters for bores licensed for five megalitres a year or more in the Wanneroo area.
Hon Paul Llewellyn : A deep question. Hon KIM CHANCE : It is a very good question. The amazing thing is that I have been provided with a detailed answer. I do not know how people can get this sort of information so quickly. I never cease to be amazed at how good some government agencies are at providing answers. The following is the answer, bearing in mind we are all still recovering from the shattering information that Hon George Cash will not be here in 10 years! (1) Yes. (2) The following is the situation with bores - (a) as at 9 May 2006, the Department of Water database shows there are 154 097 bores in the Perth metropolitan area; (b) there are 4 097 licensed bores; and (c) there are 45 metered bores. (3) Not applicable. (4) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres a year or more are required to be metered. As part of the Gnangara mound management program, the government has provided funds to install meters for bores licensed for five megalitres a year or more in the Wanneroo area.
Hon KIM CHANCE : It is a very good question. The amazing thing is that I have been provided with a detailed answer. I do not know how people can get this sort of information so quickly. I never cease to be amazed at how good some government agencies are at providing answers. The following is the answer, bearing in mind we are all still recovering from the shattering information that Hon George Cash will not be here in 10 years! (1) Yes. (2) The following is the situation with bores - (a) as at 9 May 2006, the Department of Water database shows there are 154 097 bores in the Perth metropolitan area; (b) there are 4 097 licensed bores; and (c) there are 45 metered bores. (3) Not applicable. (4) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres a year or more are required to be metered. As part of the Gnangara mound management program, the government has provided funds to install meters for bores licensed for five megalitres a year or more in the Wanneroo area.
(1) Yes. (2) The following is the situation with bores - (a) as at 9 May 2006, the Department of Water database shows there are 154 097 bores in the Perth metropolitan area; (b) there are 4 097 licensed bores; and (c) there are 45 metered bores. (3) Not applicable. (4) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres a year or more are required to be metered. As part of the Gnangara mound management program, the government has provided funds to install meters for bores licensed for five megalitres a year or more in the Wanneroo area.
(2) The following is the situation with bores - (a) as at 9 May 2006, the Department of Water database shows there are 154 097 bores in the Perth metropolitan area; (b) there are 4 097 licensed bores; and (c) there are 45 metered bores. (3) Not applicable. (4) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres a year or more are required to be metered. As part of the Gnangara mound management program, the government has provided funds to install meters for bores licensed for five megalitres a year or more in the Wanneroo area.
(b) there are 4 097 licensed bores; and (c) there are 45 metered bores.
(c) there are 45 metered bores.
(4) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres a year or more are required to be metered. As part of the Gnangara mound management program, the government has provided funds to install meters for bores licensed for five megalitres a year or more in the Wanneroo area.
(2) If yes - (a) how many bores are in the Perth metropolitan region; (b) how many are licensed; and (c) how many are metered? (3) If no, when will the government undertake to carry out a complete inventory of ground water bores in the Perth metropolitan region? (4) If ground water bores are unlicensed or unmetered, what plans does the government have to license them or meter them? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. Hon Paul Llewellyn : A deep question. Hon KIM CHANCE : It is a very good question. The amazing thing is that I have been provided with a detailed answer. I do not know how people can get this sort of information so quickly. I never cease to be amazed at how good some government agencies are at providing answers. The following is the answer, bearing in mind we are all still recovering from the shattering information that Hon George Cash will not be here in 10 years! (1) Yes. (2) The following is the situation with bores - (a) as at 9 May 2006, the Department of Water database shows there are 154 097 bores in the Perth metropolitan area; (b) there are 4 097 licensed bores; and (c) there are 45 metered bores. (3) Not applicable. (4) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres a year or more are required to be metered. As part of the Gnangara mound management program, the government has provided funds to install meters for bores licensed for five megalitres a year or more in the Wanneroo area.
(b) how many are licensed; and (c) how many are metered?
(c) how many are metered?
(4) If ground water bores are unlicensed or unmetered, what plans does the government have to license them or meter them? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. Hon Paul Llewellyn : A deep question. Hon KIM CHANCE : It is a very good question. The amazing thing is that I have been provided with a detailed answer. I do not know how people can get this sort of information so quickly. I never cease to be amazed at how good some government agencies are at providing answers. The following is the answer, bearing in mind we are all still recovering from the shattering information that Hon George Cash will not be here in 10 years! (1) Yes. (2) The following is the situation with bores - (a) as at 9 May 2006, the Department of Water database shows there are 154 097 bores in the Perth metropolitan area; (b) there are 4 097 licensed bores; and (c) there are 45 metered bores. (3) Not applicable. (4) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres a year or more are required to be metered. As part of the Gnangara mound management program, the government has provided funds to install meters for bores licensed for five megalitres a year or more in the Wanneroo area.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. Hon Paul Llewellyn : A deep question. Hon KIM CHANCE : It is a very good question. The amazing thing is that I have been provided with a detailed answer. I do not know how people can get this sort of information so quickly. I never cease to be amazed at how good some government agencies are at providing answers. The following is the answer, bearing in mind we are all still recovering from the shattering information that Hon George Cash will not be here in 10 years! (1) Yes. (2) The following is the situation with bores - (a) as at 9 May 2006, the Department of Water database shows there are 154 097 bores in the Perth metropolitan area; (b) there are 4 097 licensed bores; and (c) there are 45 metered bores. (3) Not applicable. (4) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres a year or more are required to be metered. As part of the Gnangara mound management program, the government has provided funds to install meters for bores licensed for five megalitres a year or more in the Wanneroo area.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. Hon Paul Llewellyn : A deep question. Hon KIM CHANCE : It is a very good question. The amazing thing is that I have been provided with a detailed answer. I do not know how people can get this sort of information so quickly. I never cease to be amazed at how good some government agencies are at providing answers. The following is the answer, bearing in mind we are all still recovering from the shattering information that Hon George Cash will not be here in 10 years! (1) Yes. (2) The following is the situation with bores - (a) as at 9 May 2006, the Department of Water database shows there are 154 097 bores in the Perth metropolitan area; (b) there are 4 097 licensed bores; and (c) there are 45 metered bores. (3) Not applicable. (4) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres a year or more are required to be metered. As part of the Gnangara mound management program, the government has provided funds to install meters for bores licensed for five megalitres a year or more in the Wanneroo area.
Hon Paul Llewellyn : A deep question. Hon KIM CHANCE : It is a very good question. The amazing thing is that I have been provided with a detailed answer. I do not know how people can get this sort of information so quickly. I never cease to be amazed at how good some government agencies are at providing answers. The following is the answer, bearing in mind we are all still recovering from the shattering information that Hon George Cash will not be here in 10 years! (1) Yes. (2) The following is the situation with bores - (a) as at 9 May 2006, the Department of Water database shows there are 154 097 bores in the Perth metropolitan area; (b) there are 4 097 licensed bores; and (c) there are 45 metered bores. (3) Not applicable. (4) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres a year or more are required to be metered. As part of the Gnangara mound management program, the government has provided funds to install meters for bores licensed for five megalitres a year or more in the Wanneroo area.
Hon KIM CHANCE : It is a very good question. The amazing thing is that I have been provided with a detailed answer. I do not know how people can get this sort of information so quickly. I never cease to be amazed at how good some government agencies are at providing answers. The following is the answer, bearing in mind we are all still recovering from the shattering information that Hon George Cash will not be here in 10 years! (1) Yes. (2) The following is the situation with bores - (a) as at 9 May 2006, the Department of Water database shows there are 154 097 bores in the Perth metropolitan area; (b) there are 4 097 licensed bores; and (c) there are 45 metered bores. (3) Not applicable. (4) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres a year or more are required to be metered. As part of the Gnangara mound management program, the government has provided funds to install meters for bores licensed for five megalitres a year or more in the Wanneroo area.
(1) Yes. (2) The following is the situation with bores - (a) as at 9 May 2006, the Department of Water database shows there are 154 097 bores in the Perth metropolitan area; (b) there are 4 097 licensed bores; and (c) there are 45 metered bores. (3) Not applicable. (4) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres a year or more are required to be metered. As part of the Gnangara mound management program, the government has provided funds to install meters for bores licensed for five megalitres a year or more in the Wanneroo area.
(2) The following is the situation with bores - (a) as at 9 May 2006, the Department of Water database shows there are 154 097 bores in the Perth metropolitan area; (b) there are 4 097 licensed bores; and (c) there are 45 metered bores. (3) Not applicable. (4) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres a year or more are required to be metered. As part of the Gnangara mound management program, the government has provided funds to install meters for bores licensed for five megalitres a year or more in the Wanneroo area.
(b) there are 4 097 licensed bores; and (c) there are 45 metered bores.
(c) there are 45 metered bores.
(4) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres a year or more are required to be metered. As part of the Gnangara mound management program, the government has provided funds to install meters for bores licensed for five megalitres a year or more in the Wanneroo area.
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