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Parliamentary Questions


Question On Notice No. 2173 asked in the Legislative Council on 16 May 2019 by Hon Diane Evers

Question Directed to the: Minister for Regional Development representing the Minister for Water
Parliament: 40 Session: 1


Question

I refer to the Southern Forest Irrigation Scheme (SFIS), and I ask:
(a) does the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) consider the topography of the proposed dam site during the license application;
(b) does the measured volume of the dam have to equate to the volume of the surface water license;
(c) is there a distinction between A class and variable take licenses in this respect;
(d) does DWER have concerns about the ownership of water from the SFIS into the future? This is a major concern for many self-supply irrigators; and
(e) in a drying climate where there is a real concern that water will be preferentially allocated to the SFIS due to the level of Government investment, what safe guards are there that self-supply licenses will not be impacted in this situation?

Answered on 6 August 2019

(a) Yes

(b) Yes

(c) No

(d) Water is not owned by water users - it is vested in the Crown, and allocated to water users through licences.

(e) The Department's allocation planning process ensures that climate change is considered in water allocation planning.