❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks data on groundwater abstraction in the South West region, including metered and unmetered bores, and its impact on decisions regarding the Yarragadee aquifer. The Minister provides figures based on licensed water allocations.
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GROUND WATER BORES - SOUTH WEST REGION
I refer to questions without notice 265 of 9 May and 314 of 23 May relating to ground water bores in the south west region. (1) What is the level of abstraction, in kilolitres, from the 138 licensed and metered bores in the south west region? (2) How does the government establish the annual level of ground water abstraction from the 3 479 unmetered bores in the south west region? (3) What is the annual level of abstraction from those bores, expressed in kilolitres, and what level of certainty is assigned to that number? (4) How do these calculations figure in the decision relating to the proposal to tap into the south west Yarragadee aquifer? Hon KIM CHANCE
I refer to questions without notice 265 of 9 May and 314 of 23 May relating to ground water bores in the south west region. (1) What is the level of abstraction, in kilolitres, from the 138 licensed and metered bores in the south west region? (2) How does the government establish the annual level of ground water abstraction from the 3 479 unmetered bores in the south west region? (3) What is the annual level of abstraction from those bores, expressed in kilolitres, and what level of certainty is assigned to that number? (4) How do these calculations figure in the decision relating to the proposal to tap into the south west Yarragadee aquifer? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Given the short time available, licensed water allocations have been used to give the best estimation of abstraction. The allocations connected with these bores total 91.147 million kilolitres. This data was taken from the water licensing database on 24 May 2006. (2) Annual licensed allocations are used. (3) A total of 41 241 110 kilolitres. These data are taken from the water licensing database as at 24 May 2006, and have a high level of accuracy. (4) Abstraction and allocation figures have been incorporated into the modelling undertaken to help determine the sustainable yields of the aquifers in the region. This information will be used in the assessment of applications to take water from these aquifers.
(1) What is the level of abstraction, in kilolitres, from the 138 licensed and metered bores in the south west region? (2) How does the government establish the annual level of ground water abstraction from the 3 479 unmetered bores in the south west region? (3) What is the annual level of abstraction from those bores, expressed in kilolitres, and what level of certainty is assigned to that number? (4) How do these calculations figure in the decision relating to the proposal to tap into the south west Yarragadee aquifer? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Given the short time available, licensed water allocations have been used to give the best estimation of abstraction. The allocations connected with these bores total 91.147 million kilolitres. This data was taken from the water licensing database on 24 May 2006. (2) Annual licensed allocations are used. (3) A total of 41 241 110 kilolitres. These data are taken from the water licensing database as at 24 May 2006, and have a high level of accuracy. (4) Abstraction and allocation figures have been incorporated into the modelling undertaken to help determine the sustainable yields of the aquifers in the region. This information will be used in the assessment of applications to take water from these aquifers.
(2) How does the government establish the annual level of ground water abstraction from the 3 479 unmetered bores in the south west region? (3) What is the annual level of abstraction from those bores, expressed in kilolitres, and what level of certainty is assigned to that number? (4) How do these calculations figure in the decision relating to the proposal to tap into the south west Yarragadee aquifer? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Given the short time available, licensed water allocations have been used to give the best estimation of abstraction. The allocations connected with these bores total 91.147 million kilolitres. This data was taken from the water licensing database on 24 May 2006. (2) Annual licensed allocations are used. (3) A total of 41 241 110 kilolitres. These data are taken from the water licensing database as at 24 May 2006, and have a high level of accuracy. (4) Abstraction and allocation figures have been incorporated into the modelling undertaken to help determine the sustainable yields of the aquifers in the region. This information will be used in the assessment of applications to take water from these aquifers.
(3) What is the annual level of abstraction from those bores, expressed in kilolitres, and what level of certainty is assigned to that number? (4) How do these calculations figure in the decision relating to the proposal to tap into the south west Yarragadee aquifer? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Given the short time available, licensed water allocations have been used to give the best estimation of abstraction. The allocations connected with these bores total 91.147 million kilolitres. This data was taken from the water licensing database on 24 May 2006. (2) Annual licensed allocations are used. (3) A total of 41 241 110 kilolitres. These data are taken from the water licensing database as at 24 May 2006, and have a high level of accuracy. (4) Abstraction and allocation figures have been incorporated into the modelling undertaken to help determine the sustainable yields of the aquifers in the region. This information will be used in the assessment of applications to take water from these aquifers.
(4) How do these calculations figure in the decision relating to the proposal to tap into the south west Yarragadee aquifer? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Given the short time available, licensed water allocations have been used to give the best estimation of abstraction. The allocations connected with these bores total 91.147 million kilolitres. This data was taken from the water licensing database on 24 May 2006. (2) Annual licensed allocations are used. (3) A total of 41 241 110 kilolitres. These data are taken from the water licensing database as at 24 May 2006, and have a high level of accuracy. (4) Abstraction and allocation figures have been incorporated into the modelling undertaken to help determine the sustainable yields of the aquifers in the region. This information will be used in the assessment of applications to take water from these aquifers.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Given the short time available, licensed water allocations have been used to give the best estimation of abstraction. The allocations connected with these bores total 91.147 million kilolitres. This data was taken from the water licensing database on 24 May 2006. (2) Annual licensed allocations are used. (3) A total of 41 241 110 kilolitres. These data are taken from the water licensing database as at 24 May 2006, and have a high level of accuracy. (4) Abstraction and allocation figures have been incorporated into the modelling undertaken to help determine the sustainable yields of the aquifers in the region. This information will be used in the assessment of applications to take water from these aquifers.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Given the short time available, licensed water allocations have been used to give the best estimation of abstraction. The allocations connected with these bores total 91.147 million kilolitres. This data was taken from the water licensing database on 24 May 2006. (2) Annual licensed allocations are used. (3) A total of 41 241 110 kilolitres. These data are taken from the water licensing database as at 24 May 2006, and have a high level of accuracy. (4) Abstraction and allocation figures have been incorporated into the modelling undertaken to help determine the sustainable yields of the aquifers in the region. This information will be used in the assessment of applications to take water from these aquifers.
(1) Given the short time available, licensed water allocations have been used to give the best estimation of abstraction. The allocations connected with these bores total 91.147 million kilolitres. This data was taken from the water licensing database on 24 May 2006. (2) Annual licensed allocations are used. (3) A total of 41 241 110 kilolitres. These data are taken from the water licensing database as at 24 May 2006, and have a high level of accuracy. (4) Abstraction and allocation figures have been incorporated into the modelling undertaken to help determine the sustainable yields of the aquifers in the region. This information will be used in the assessment of applications to take water from these aquifers.
(2) Annual licensed allocations are used. (3) A total of 41 241 110 kilolitres. These data are taken from the water licensing database as at 24 May 2006, and have a high level of accuracy. (4) Abstraction and allocation figures have been incorporated into the modelling undertaken to help determine the sustainable yields of the aquifers in the region. This information will be used in the assessment of applications to take water from these aquifers.
(3) A total of 41 241 110 kilolitres. These data are taken from the water licensing database as at 24 May 2006, and have a high level of accuracy. (4) Abstraction and allocation figures have been incorporated into the modelling undertaken to help determine the sustainable yields of the aquifers in the region. This information will be used in the assessment of applications to take water from these aquifers.
(4) Abstraction and allocation figures have been incorporated into the modelling undertaken to help determine the sustainable yields of the aquifers in the region. This information will be used in the assessment of applications to take water from these aquifers.
(1) What is the level of abstraction, in kilolitres, from the 138 licensed and metered bores in the south west region? (2) How does the government establish the annual level of ground water abstraction from the 3 479 unmetered bores in the south west region? (3) What is the annual level of abstraction from those bores, expressed in kilolitres, and what level of certainty is assigned to that number? (4) How do these calculations figure in the decision relating to the proposal to tap into the south west Yarragadee aquifer? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Given the short time available, licensed water allocations have been used to give the best estimation of abstraction. The allocations connected with these bores total 91.147 million kilolitres. This data was taken from the water licensing database on 24 May 2006. (2) Annual licensed allocations are used. (3) A total of 41 241 110 kilolitres. These data are taken from the water licensing database as at 24 May 2006, and have a high level of accuracy. (4) Abstraction and allocation figures have been incorporated into the modelling undertaken to help determine the sustainable yields of the aquifers in the region. This information will be used in the assessment of applications to take water from these aquifers.
(2) How does the government establish the annual level of ground water abstraction from the 3 479 unmetered bores in the south west region? (3) What is the annual level of abstraction from those bores, expressed in kilolitres, and what level of certainty is assigned to that number? (4) How do these calculations figure in the decision relating to the proposal to tap into the south west Yarragadee aquifer? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Given the short time available, licensed water allocations have been used to give the best estimation of abstraction. The allocations connected with these bores total 91.147 million kilolitres. This data was taken from the water licensing database on 24 May 2006. (2) Annual licensed allocations are used. (3) A total of 41 241 110 kilolitres. These data are taken from the water licensing database as at 24 May 2006, and have a high level of accuracy. (4) Abstraction and allocation figures have been incorporated into the modelling undertaken to help determine the sustainable yields of the aquifers in the region. This information will be used in the assessment of applications to take water from these aquifers.
(3) What is the annual level of abstraction from those bores, expressed in kilolitres, and what level of certainty is assigned to that number? (4) How do these calculations figure in the decision relating to the proposal to tap into the south west Yarragadee aquifer? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Given the short time available, licensed water allocations have been used to give the best estimation of abstraction. The allocations connected with these bores total 91.147 million kilolitres. This data was taken from the water licensing database on 24 May 2006. (2) Annual licensed allocations are used. (3) A total of 41 241 110 kilolitres. These data are taken from the water licensing database as at 24 May 2006, and have a high level of accuracy. (4) Abstraction and allocation figures have been incorporated into the modelling undertaken to help determine the sustainable yields of the aquifers in the region. This information will be used in the assessment of applications to take water from these aquifers.
(4) How do these calculations figure in the decision relating to the proposal to tap into the south west Yarragadee aquifer? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Given the short time available, licensed water allocations have been used to give the best estimation of abstraction. The allocations connected with these bores total 91.147 million kilolitres. This data was taken from the water licensing database on 24 May 2006. (2) Annual licensed allocations are used. (3) A total of 41 241 110 kilolitres. These data are taken from the water licensing database as at 24 May 2006, and have a high level of accuracy. (4) Abstraction and allocation figures have been incorporated into the modelling undertaken to help determine the sustainable yields of the aquifers in the region. This information will be used in the assessment of applications to take water from these aquifers.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Given the short time available, licensed water allocations have been used to give the best estimation of abstraction. The allocations connected with these bores total 91.147 million kilolitres. This data was taken from the water licensing database on 24 May 2006. (2) Annual licensed allocations are used. (3) A total of 41 241 110 kilolitres. These data are taken from the water licensing database as at 24 May 2006, and have a high level of accuracy. (4) Abstraction and allocation figures have been incorporated into the modelling undertaken to help determine the sustainable yields of the aquifers in the region. This information will be used in the assessment of applications to take water from these aquifers.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Given the short time available, licensed water allocations have been used to give the best estimation of abstraction. The allocations connected with these bores total 91.147 million kilolitres. This data was taken from the water licensing database on 24 May 2006. (2) Annual licensed allocations are used. (3) A total of 41 241 110 kilolitres. These data are taken from the water licensing database as at 24 May 2006, and have a high level of accuracy. (4) Abstraction and allocation figures have been incorporated into the modelling undertaken to help determine the sustainable yields of the aquifers in the region. This information will be used in the assessment of applications to take water from these aquifers.
(1) Given the short time available, licensed water allocations have been used to give the best estimation of abstraction. The allocations connected with these bores total 91.147 million kilolitres. This data was taken from the water licensing database on 24 May 2006. (2) Annual licensed allocations are used. (3) A total of 41 241 110 kilolitres. These data are taken from the water licensing database as at 24 May 2006, and have a high level of accuracy. (4) Abstraction and allocation figures have been incorporated into the modelling undertaken to help determine the sustainable yields of the aquifers in the region. This information will be used in the assessment of applications to take water from these aquifers.
(2) Annual licensed allocations are used. (3) A total of 41 241 110 kilolitres. These data are taken from the water licensing database as at 24 May 2006, and have a high level of accuracy. (4) Abstraction and allocation figures have been incorporated into the modelling undertaken to help determine the sustainable yields of the aquifers in the region. This information will be used in the assessment of applications to take water from these aquifers.
(3) A total of 41 241 110 kilolitres. These data are taken from the water licensing database as at 24 May 2006, and have a high level of accuracy. (4) Abstraction and allocation figures have been incorporated into the modelling undertaken to help determine the sustainable yields of the aquifers in the region. This information will be used in the assessment of applications to take water from these aquifers.
(4) Abstraction and allocation figures have been incorporated into the modelling undertaken to help determine the sustainable yields of the aquifers in the region. This information will be used in the assessment of applications to take water from these aquifers.
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