Water Management & Self Sufficiency

 

Investment:                   $1 403 545

Delivery organisation: GHD Consultants

On-ground achievements

  • 22 landholders received farm water grants to install storm water harvesting & reuse infrastructure
  • Brookton Shire wastewater and storm water harvesting and reuse project
  • Cunderdin Agricultural College storm water harvesting and reuse infrastructure project

Community engagement and capacity building

  • Water management planning within the Morbinning and Woolundra subcatchments.
  • Planning for water self-sufficiency with Brookton, York and Mukinbudin Local Government Authorities
  • Six water management self-sufficiency workshops held at strategic locations around the region
  • Advice to local government on potential hydrologic impacts associated with new developments
  • Water audit and planning for the Cunderdin Agricultural College

Publications

  • GHD Pty Ltd (2007) Skills Audit Natural Resources Management Professionals (Community Landcare Coordinators), GHD Pty Ltd, Perth
  • GHD Pty Ltd (2007) Analysis of the Regional Water Demand, GHD Pty Ltd, Perth
  • GHD Pty Ltd (2008) Regional Water Demand and Target Setting, GHD Pty Ltd, Perth
  • GHD Pty Ltd (2008) Constructed Storage Analysis for the Avon Arc, GHD Pty Ltd, Perth
  • GHD Pty Ltd (2008) Preliminary Report on Stormwater Management Options, GHD Pty Ltd, Perth
  • GHD Pty Ltd (2008) Example Interim Rural Dams Policy for the Avon catchment, GHD Pty Ltd, Perth
  • GHD Pty Ltd (2009) Environmental Water Flow Requirements, GHD Pty Ltd, Perth

Did you know?

  • Of the estimated 30 GL (30 billion litres) / year delivered through the Mundaring to Kalgoorlie pipeline, approximately 10 GL / year is consumed within the Avon River Basin

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