❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice from 2006 regarding groundwater bores in the South West region. The Minister responds with details on inventory, licensing, metering, and assessment processes.
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GROUND WATER BORES - SOUTH WEST REGION
Further to question without notice 265 asked on 9 May about ground water bores in the metropolitan region - (1) Does the government maintain an inventory of ground water bores in the south west region? (2) If yes - (a) how many bores are in the south west region; (b) how many are licensed; and (c) how many are metered? (3) How does the government establish the number of ground water bores in the south west region? (4) Does the assessment cover details of - (a) the size and capacity of the bores; and (b) the depth of the bores? (5) What level of confidence does the government have in the assessment process? (6) What plans does the government have to license and meter ground water bores in the south west region? Hon KIM CHANCE
Further to question without notice 265 asked on 9 May about ground water bores in the metropolitan region - (1) Does the government maintain an inventory of ground water bores in the south west region? (2) If yes - (a) how many bores are in the south west region; (b) how many are licensed; and (c) how many are metered? (3) How does the government establish the number of ground water bores in the south west region? (4) Does the assessment cover details of - (a) the size and capacity of the bores; and (b) the depth of the bores? (5) What level of confidence does the government have in the assessment process? (6) What plans does the government have to license and meter ground water bores in the south west region? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. All bores in proclaimed areas that extract greater than 1 500 kilolitres a year require a licence from the Department of Water. (2) (a) As at 23 May 2006, the Department of Water’s licensing database shows that there are 3 617 bores in the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas. (b) 3 617. (c) 138. (3) The government calculates the number of draw points - bores - from the Department of Water’s licensing database. (4) (a) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (b) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (5) The government has a high level of confidence. This is a statutory assessment process carried out in accordance with the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914. (6) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres or more a year are required to be metered. The Department of Water is currently preparing management plans for the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas, which will consider whether additional metering is required.
(1) Does the government maintain an inventory of ground water bores in the south west region? (2) If yes - (a) how many bores are in the south west region; (b) how many are licensed; and (c) how many are metered? (3) How does the government establish the number of ground water bores in the south west region? (4) Does the assessment cover details of - (a) the size and capacity of the bores; and (b) the depth of the bores? (5) What level of confidence does the government have in the assessment process? (6) What plans does the government have to license and meter ground water bores in the south west region? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. All bores in proclaimed areas that extract greater than 1 500 kilolitres a year require a licence from the Department of Water. (2) (a) As at 23 May 2006, the Department of Water’s licensing database shows that there are 3 617 bores in the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas. (b) 3 617. (c) 138. (3) The government calculates the number of draw points - bores - from the Department of Water’s licensing database. (4) (a) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (b) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (5) The government has a high level of confidence. This is a statutory assessment process carried out in accordance with the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914. (6) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres or more a year are required to be metered. The Department of Water is currently preparing management plans for the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas, which will consider whether additional metering is required.
(2) If yes - (a) how many bores are in the south west region; (b) how many are licensed; and (c) how many are metered? (3) How does the government establish the number of ground water bores in the south west region? (4) Does the assessment cover details of - (a) the size and capacity of the bores; and (b) the depth of the bores? (5) What level of confidence does the government have in the assessment process? (6) What plans does the government have to license and meter ground water bores in the south west region? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. All bores in proclaimed areas that extract greater than 1 500 kilolitres a year require a licence from the Department of Water. (2) (a) As at 23 May 2006, the Department of Water’s licensing database shows that there are 3 617 bores in the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas. (b) 3 617. (c) 138. (3) The government calculates the number of draw points - bores - from the Department of Water’s licensing database. (4) (a) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (b) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (5) The government has a high level of confidence. This is a statutory assessment process carried out in accordance with the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914. (6) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres or more a year are required to be metered. The Department of Water is currently preparing management plans for the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas, which will consider whether additional metering is required.
(b) how many are licensed; and (c) how many are metered?
(c) how many are metered?
(4) Does the assessment cover details of - (a) the size and capacity of the bores; and (b) the depth of the bores? (5) What level of confidence does the government have in the assessment process? (6) What plans does the government have to license and meter ground water bores in the south west region? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. All bores in proclaimed areas that extract greater than 1 500 kilolitres a year require a licence from the Department of Water. (2) (a) As at 23 May 2006, the Department of Water’s licensing database shows that there are 3 617 bores in the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas. (b) 3 617. (c) 138. (3) The government calculates the number of draw points - bores - from the Department of Water’s licensing database. (4) (a) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (b) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (5) The government has a high level of confidence. This is a statutory assessment process carried out in accordance with the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914. (6) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres or more a year are required to be metered. The Department of Water is currently preparing management plans for the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas, which will consider whether additional metering is required.
(b) the depth of the bores?
(6) What plans does the government have to license and meter ground water bores in the south west region? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. All bores in proclaimed areas that extract greater than 1 500 kilolitres a year require a licence from the Department of Water. (2) (a) As at 23 May 2006, the Department of Water’s licensing database shows that there are 3 617 bores in the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas. (b) 3 617. (c) 138. (3) The government calculates the number of draw points - bores - from the Department of Water’s licensing database. (4) (a) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (b) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (5) The government has a high level of confidence. This is a statutory assessment process carried out in accordance with the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914. (6) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres or more a year are required to be metered. The Department of Water is currently preparing management plans for the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas, which will consider whether additional metering is required.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. All bores in proclaimed areas that extract greater than 1 500 kilolitres a year require a licence from the Department of Water. (2) (a) As at 23 May 2006, the Department of Water’s licensing database shows that there are 3 617 bores in the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas. (b) 3 617. (c) 138. (3) The government calculates the number of draw points - bores - from the Department of Water’s licensing database. (4) (a) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (b) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (5) The government has a high level of confidence. This is a statutory assessment process carried out in accordance with the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914. (6) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres or more a year are required to be metered. The Department of Water is currently preparing management plans for the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas, which will consider whether additional metering is required.
I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. All bores in proclaimed areas that extract greater than 1 500 kilolitres a year require a licence from the Department of Water. (2) (a) As at 23 May 2006, the Department of Water’s licensing database shows that there are 3 617 bores in the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas. (b) 3 617. (c) 138. (3) The government calculates the number of draw points - bores - from the Department of Water’s licensing database. (4) (a) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (b) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (5) The government has a high level of confidence. This is a statutory assessment process carried out in accordance with the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914. (6) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres or more a year are required to be metered. The Department of Water is currently preparing management plans for the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas, which will consider whether additional metering is required.
(1) Yes. All bores in proclaimed areas that extract greater than 1 500 kilolitres a year require a licence from the Department of Water. (2) (a) As at 23 May 2006, the Department of Water’s licensing database shows that there are 3 617 bores in the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas. (b) 3 617. (c) 138. (3) The government calculates the number of draw points - bores - from the Department of Water’s licensing database. (4) (a) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (b) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (5) The government has a high level of confidence. This is a statutory assessment process carried out in accordance with the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914. (6) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres or more a year are required to be metered. The Department of Water is currently preparing management plans for the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas, which will consider whether additional metering is required.
(2) (a) As at 23 May 2006, the Department of Water’s licensing database shows that there are 3 617 bores in the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas. (b) 3 617. (c) 138. (3) The government calculates the number of draw points - bores - from the Department of Water’s licensing database. (4) (a) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (b) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (5) The government has a high level of confidence. This is a statutory assessment process carried out in accordance with the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914. (6) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres or more a year are required to be metered. The Department of Water is currently preparing management plans for the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas, which will consider whether additional metering is required.
(c) 138.
(4) (a) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (b) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (5) The government has a high level of confidence. This is a statutory assessment process carried out in accordance with the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914. (6) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres or more a year are required to be metered. The Department of Water is currently preparing management plans for the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas, which will consider whether additional metering is required.
(6) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres or more a year are required to be metered. The Department of Water is currently preparing management plans for the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas, which will consider whether additional metering is required.
(1) Does the government maintain an inventory of ground water bores in the south west region? (2) If yes - (a) how many bores are in the south west region; (b) how many are licensed; and (c) how many are metered? (3) How does the government establish the number of ground water bores in the south west region? (4) Does the assessment cover details of - (a) the size and capacity of the bores; and (b) the depth of the bores? (5) What level of confidence does the government have in the assessment process? (6) What plans does the government have to license and meter ground water bores in the south west region? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. All bores in proclaimed areas that extract greater than 1 500 kilolitres a year require a licence from the Department of Water. (2) (a) As at 23 May 2006, the Department of Water’s licensing database shows that there are 3 617 bores in the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas. (b) 3 617. (c) 138. (3) The government calculates the number of draw points - bores - from the Department of Water’s licensing database. (4) (a) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (b) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (5) The government has a high level of confidence. This is a statutory assessment process carried out in accordance with the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914. (6) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres or more a year are required to be metered. The Department of Water is currently preparing management plans for the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas, which will consider whether additional metering is required.
(2) If yes - (a) how many bores are in the south west region; (b) how many are licensed; and (c) how many are metered? (3) How does the government establish the number of ground water bores in the south west region? (4) Does the assessment cover details of - (a) the size and capacity of the bores; and (b) the depth of the bores? (5) What level of confidence does the government have in the assessment process? (6) What plans does the government have to license and meter ground water bores in the south west region? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. All bores in proclaimed areas that extract greater than 1 500 kilolitres a year require a licence from the Department of Water. (2) (a) As at 23 May 2006, the Department of Water’s licensing database shows that there are 3 617 bores in the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas. (b) 3 617. (c) 138. (3) The government calculates the number of draw points - bores - from the Department of Water’s licensing database. (4) (a) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (b) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (5) The government has a high level of confidence. This is a statutory assessment process carried out in accordance with the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914. (6) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres or more a year are required to be metered. The Department of Water is currently preparing management plans for the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas, which will consider whether additional metering is required.
(b) how many are licensed; and (c) how many are metered?
(c) how many are metered?
(4) Does the assessment cover details of - (a) the size and capacity of the bores; and (b) the depth of the bores? (5) What level of confidence does the government have in the assessment process? (6) What plans does the government have to license and meter ground water bores in the south west region? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. All bores in proclaimed areas that extract greater than 1 500 kilolitres a year require a licence from the Department of Water. (2) (a) As at 23 May 2006, the Department of Water’s licensing database shows that there are 3 617 bores in the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas. (b) 3 617. (c) 138. (3) The government calculates the number of draw points - bores - from the Department of Water’s licensing database. (4) (a) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (b) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (5) The government has a high level of confidence. This is a statutory assessment process carried out in accordance with the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914. (6) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres or more a year are required to be metered. The Department of Water is currently preparing management plans for the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas, which will consider whether additional metering is required.
(b) the depth of the bores?
(6) What plans does the government have to license and meter ground water bores in the south west region? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. All bores in proclaimed areas that extract greater than 1 500 kilolitres a year require a licence from the Department of Water. (2) (a) As at 23 May 2006, the Department of Water’s licensing database shows that there are 3 617 bores in the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas. (b) 3 617. (c) 138. (3) The government calculates the number of draw points - bores - from the Department of Water’s licensing database. (4) (a) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (b) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (5) The government has a high level of confidence. This is a statutory assessment process carried out in accordance with the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914. (6) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres or more a year are required to be metered. The Department of Water is currently preparing management plans for the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas, which will consider whether additional metering is required.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. All bores in proclaimed areas that extract greater than 1 500 kilolitres a year require a licence from the Department of Water. (2) (a) As at 23 May 2006, the Department of Water’s licensing database shows that there are 3 617 bores in the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas. (b) 3 617. (c) 138. (3) The government calculates the number of draw points - bores - from the Department of Water’s licensing database. (4) (a) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (b) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (5) The government has a high level of confidence. This is a statutory assessment process carried out in accordance with the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914. (6) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres or more a year are required to be metered. The Department of Water is currently preparing management plans for the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas, which will consider whether additional metering is required.
I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. All bores in proclaimed areas that extract greater than 1 500 kilolitres a year require a licence from the Department of Water. (2) (a) As at 23 May 2006, the Department of Water’s licensing database shows that there are 3 617 bores in the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas. (b) 3 617. (c) 138. (3) The government calculates the number of draw points - bores - from the Department of Water’s licensing database. (4) (a) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (b) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (5) The government has a high level of confidence. This is a statutory assessment process carried out in accordance with the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914. (6) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres or more a year are required to be metered. The Department of Water is currently preparing management plans for the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas, which will consider whether additional metering is required.
(1) Yes. All bores in proclaimed areas that extract greater than 1 500 kilolitres a year require a licence from the Department of Water. (2) (a) As at 23 May 2006, the Department of Water’s licensing database shows that there are 3 617 bores in the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas. (b) 3 617. (c) 138. (3) The government calculates the number of draw points - bores - from the Department of Water’s licensing database. (4) (a) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (b) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (5) The government has a high level of confidence. This is a statutory assessment process carried out in accordance with the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914. (6) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres or more a year are required to be metered. The Department of Water is currently preparing management plans for the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas, which will consider whether additional metering is required.
(2) (a) As at 23 May 2006, the Department of Water’s licensing database shows that there are 3 617 bores in the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas. (b) 3 617. (c) 138. (3) The government calculates the number of draw points - bores - from the Department of Water’s licensing database. (4) (a) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (b) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (5) The government has a high level of confidence. This is a statutory assessment process carried out in accordance with the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914. (6) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres or more a year are required to be metered. The Department of Water is currently preparing management plans for the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas, which will consider whether additional metering is required.
(c) 138.
(4) (a) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (b) Yes, via the department’s licence assessment process. (5) The government has a high level of confidence. This is a statutory assessment process carried out in accordance with the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914. (6) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres or more a year are required to be metered. The Department of Water is currently preparing management plans for the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas, which will consider whether additional metering is required.
(6) All ground water bores licensed to take 500 megalitres or more a year are required to be metered. The Department of Water is currently preparing management plans for the Bunbury, Busselton-Capel and Blackwood ground water areas, which will consider whether additional metering is required.
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