❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice addresses subsidies, costs, and processes related to groundwater bores in metropolitan and regional areas, revealing a subsidy program and no direct water charges.
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WATER RESOURCES — METROPOLITAN BORES
I refer to groundwater bores in the metropolitan area. (1) Does the government provide a subsidy for the sinking of bores in the metropolitan area? (2) If yes, what is the subsidy? (3) Does the subsidy apply in the regional area? (4) How much does a metropolitan bore owner pay for the water he draws in one year, and how does the government measure how much water is being taken? (5) What is the process that a metropolitan household takes to install a bore? (6) How many bores are in the metropolitan area and what is their actual combined usage? Hon KIM CHANCE
I refer to groundwater bores in the metropolitan area. (1) Does the government provide a subsidy for the sinking of bores in the metropolitan area? (2) If yes, what is the subsidy? (3) Does the subsidy apply in the regional area? (4) How much does a metropolitan bore owner pay for the water he draws in one year, and how does the government measure how much water is being taken? (5) What is the process that a metropolitan household takes to install a bore? (6) How many bores are in the metropolitan area and what is their actual combined usage? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank Hon Robyn McSweeney for providing some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) There is a rebate of $300 or 50 per cent of the installation cost, whichever is the lesser amount, for a new garden bore or to refurbish an existing bore. (3) Yes, but only in those regional areas that are covered by the integrated water supply scheme. (4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
(1) Does the government provide a subsidy for the sinking of bores in the metropolitan area? (2) If yes, what is the subsidy? (3) Does the subsidy apply in the regional area? (4) How much does a metropolitan bore owner pay for the water he draws in one year, and how does the government measure how much water is being taken? (5) What is the process that a metropolitan household takes to install a bore? (6) How many bores are in the metropolitan area and what is their actual combined usage? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robyn McSweeney for providing some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) There is a rebate of $300 or 50 per cent of the installation cost, whichever is the lesser amount, for a new garden bore or to refurbish an existing bore. (3) Yes, but only in those regional areas that are covered by the integrated water supply scheme. (4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
(2) If yes, what is the subsidy? (3) Does the subsidy apply in the regional area? (4) How much does a metropolitan bore owner pay for the water he draws in one year, and how does the government measure how much water is being taken? (5) What is the process that a metropolitan household takes to install a bore? (6) How many bores are in the metropolitan area and what is their actual combined usage? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robyn McSweeney for providing some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) There is a rebate of $300 or 50 per cent of the installation cost, whichever is the lesser amount, for a new garden bore or to refurbish an existing bore. (3) Yes, but only in those regional areas that are covered by the integrated water supply scheme. (4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
(3) Does the subsidy apply in the regional area? (4) How much does a metropolitan bore owner pay for the water he draws in one year, and how does the government measure how much water is being taken? (5) What is the process that a metropolitan household takes to install a bore? (6) How many bores are in the metropolitan area and what is their actual combined usage? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robyn McSweeney for providing some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) There is a rebate of $300 or 50 per cent of the installation cost, whichever is the lesser amount, for a new garden bore or to refurbish an existing bore. (3) Yes, but only in those regional areas that are covered by the integrated water supply scheme. (4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
(4) How much does a metropolitan bore owner pay for the water he draws in one year, and how does the government measure how much water is being taken? (5) What is the process that a metropolitan household takes to install a bore? (6) How many bores are in the metropolitan area and what is their actual combined usage? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robyn McSweeney for providing some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) There is a rebate of $300 or 50 per cent of the installation cost, whichever is the lesser amount, for a new garden bore or to refurbish an existing bore. (3) Yes, but only in those regional areas that are covered by the integrated water supply scheme. (4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
(5) What is the process that a metropolitan household takes to install a bore? (6) How many bores are in the metropolitan area and what is their actual combined usage? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robyn McSweeney for providing some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) There is a rebate of $300 or 50 per cent of the installation cost, whichever is the lesser amount, for a new garden bore or to refurbish an existing bore. (3) Yes, but only in those regional areas that are covered by the integrated water supply scheme. (4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
(6) How many bores are in the metropolitan area and what is their actual combined usage? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robyn McSweeney for providing some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) There is a rebate of $300 or 50 per cent of the installation cost, whichever is the lesser amount, for a new garden bore or to refurbish an existing bore. (3) Yes, but only in those regional areas that are covered by the integrated water supply scheme. (4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robyn McSweeney for providing some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) There is a rebate of $300 or 50 per cent of the installation cost, whichever is the lesser amount, for a new garden bore or to refurbish an existing bore. (3) Yes, but only in those regional areas that are covered by the integrated water supply scheme. (4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
I thank Hon Robyn McSweeney for providing some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) There is a rebate of $300 or 50 per cent of the installation cost, whichever is the lesser amount, for a new garden bore or to refurbish an existing bore. (3) Yes, but only in those regional areas that are covered by the integrated water supply scheme. (4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
(1) Yes. (2) There is a rebate of $300 or 50 per cent of the installation cost, whichever is the lesser amount, for a new garden bore or to refurbish an existing bore. (3) Yes, but only in those regional areas that are covered by the integrated water supply scheme. (4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
(2) There is a rebate of $300 or 50 per cent of the installation cost, whichever is the lesser amount, for a new garden bore or to refurbish an existing bore. (3) Yes, but only in those regional areas that are covered by the integrated water supply scheme. (4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
(3) Yes, but only in those regional areas that are covered by the integrated water supply scheme. (4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
(4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
(5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
(6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
(1) Does the government provide a subsidy for the sinking of bores in the metropolitan area? (2) If yes, what is the subsidy? (3) Does the subsidy apply in the regional area? (4) How much does a metropolitan bore owner pay for the water he draws in one year, and how does the government measure how much water is being taken? (5) What is the process that a metropolitan household takes to install a bore? (6) How many bores are in the metropolitan area and what is their actual combined usage? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robyn McSweeney for providing some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) There is a rebate of $300 or 50 per cent of the installation cost, whichever is the lesser amount, for a new garden bore or to refurbish an existing bore. (3) Yes, but only in those regional areas that are covered by the integrated water supply scheme. (4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
(2) If yes, what is the subsidy? (3) Does the subsidy apply in the regional area? (4) How much does a metropolitan bore owner pay for the water he draws in one year, and how does the government measure how much water is being taken? (5) What is the process that a metropolitan household takes to install a bore? (6) How many bores are in the metropolitan area and what is their actual combined usage? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robyn McSweeney for providing some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) There is a rebate of $300 or 50 per cent of the installation cost, whichever is the lesser amount, for a new garden bore or to refurbish an existing bore. (3) Yes, but only in those regional areas that are covered by the integrated water supply scheme. (4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
(3) Does the subsidy apply in the regional area? (4) How much does a metropolitan bore owner pay for the water he draws in one year, and how does the government measure how much water is being taken? (5) What is the process that a metropolitan household takes to install a bore? (6) How many bores are in the metropolitan area and what is their actual combined usage? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robyn McSweeney for providing some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) There is a rebate of $300 or 50 per cent of the installation cost, whichever is the lesser amount, for a new garden bore or to refurbish an existing bore. (3) Yes, but only in those regional areas that are covered by the integrated water supply scheme. (4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
(4) How much does a metropolitan bore owner pay for the water he draws in one year, and how does the government measure how much water is being taken? (5) What is the process that a metropolitan household takes to install a bore? (6) How many bores are in the metropolitan area and what is their actual combined usage? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robyn McSweeney for providing some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) There is a rebate of $300 or 50 per cent of the installation cost, whichever is the lesser amount, for a new garden bore or to refurbish an existing bore. (3) Yes, but only in those regional areas that are covered by the integrated water supply scheme. (4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
(5) What is the process that a metropolitan household takes to install a bore? (6) How many bores are in the metropolitan area and what is their actual combined usage? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robyn McSweeney for providing some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) There is a rebate of $300 or 50 per cent of the installation cost, whichever is the lesser amount, for a new garden bore or to refurbish an existing bore. (3) Yes, but only in those regional areas that are covered by the integrated water supply scheme. (4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
(6) How many bores are in the metropolitan area and what is their actual combined usage? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robyn McSweeney for providing some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) There is a rebate of $300 or 50 per cent of the installation cost, whichever is the lesser amount, for a new garden bore or to refurbish an existing bore. (3) Yes, but only in those regional areas that are covered by the integrated water supply scheme. (4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Robyn McSweeney for providing some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) There is a rebate of $300 or 50 per cent of the installation cost, whichever is the lesser amount, for a new garden bore or to refurbish an existing bore. (3) Yes, but only in those regional areas that are covered by the integrated water supply scheme. (4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
I thank Hon Robyn McSweeney for providing some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) There is a rebate of $300 or 50 per cent of the installation cost, whichever is the lesser amount, for a new garden bore or to refurbish an existing bore. (3) Yes, but only in those regional areas that are covered by the integrated water supply scheme. (4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
(1) Yes. (2) There is a rebate of $300 or 50 per cent of the installation cost, whichever is the lesser amount, for a new garden bore or to refurbish an existing bore. (3) Yes, but only in those regional areas that are covered by the integrated water supply scheme. (4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
(2) There is a rebate of $300 or 50 per cent of the installation cost, whichever is the lesser amount, for a new garden bore or to refurbish an existing bore. (3) Yes, but only in those regional areas that are covered by the integrated water supply scheme. (4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
(3) Yes, but only in those regional areas that are covered by the integrated water supply scheme. (4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
(4) There is no charge for water drawn from a person’s own bore. Domestic water use is estimated and is taken into account in the allocation plans. (5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
(5) The customer must engage a drilling contractor who will make sure that the area is suitable for a bore and will construct the bore according to the customer’s needs. The Department of Water provides an indication of the suitability of bores through the Perth Groundwater Atlas . (6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
(6) It is estimated that there are between 155 000 and 160 000 bores in the Perth metropolitan area. The total estimated draw from these bores is 120 gigalitres a year.
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