Gnangara Mound — Water Allocation Plan
4827. Hon Alison Xamon to the Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Water
I refer to the answer to my question on notice No. 3686 regarding the Department’s Strategic Policy 5.03 – Metering the Taking of Water, in which it was identified that of the 1,786 licences entitled to draw more than 50ML/annum, only 801 were required to meter and report their usage, and of that 801, only 259 were doing so, and I ask —
(1) What, if any, compliance actions will or has the Department of Water taken to ensure metering and monitoring of the 542 licensees that are not meeting their obligation to meter and monitor their water usage?
(2) What are the reasons, if any, that 985 licensees that are entitled to extract more than 50ML/annum do not have a condition to meter and monitor their water usage?
Hon HELEN MORTON replied:
The Minister for Water provides the following response:
(1)–(2) The answers to question on notice 3686 have no association with the Department of Water’s Strategic Policy 5.03 — Metering the Taking of Water and it did not provide the numbers as stated in the current question.