Drinking water source protection reports identify risks to drinking water quality and public health and discuss how to address those risks to help achieve safe, good quality drinking water supplies at a reasonable cost, now and in the future. There is one for every public drinking water source area in Western Australia. They also assign boundaries, priority areas and protection zones to public drinking water source areas.
This includes the following types of reports:
- Assessment: This provides an assessment of the risks to drinking water quality and public health, and is consulted with key stakeholders.
- Plan: Building on the assessment, a plan also assigns priority areas and protection zones and is publicly consulted.
- Review: A review updates a plan, providing a status on the recommendations implemented from the plan, and any additional risks.
- Land use and water management strategy (LUWMS): Prepared by the Western Australian Planning Commission in consultation with the department, these strategies integrate land use planning with drinking water source management.
- Water service provider (WSP) report: A drinking water source protection report prepared by a water service provider, with the boundary, priority areas and protection zones endorsed by the department.
You can download reports for each public drinking water source area, listed by source area name below.
Also see our series index of published drinking water source protection reports. The index lists the published reports, and names of local government and water service provider for each public drinking water source area (PDWSA) around Western Australia.
