Policy and guidelines
Water Conservation and
Efficiency
Water Reuse and
Recycling
Stormwater
and Groundwater Management
Specific Guidelines
High Level Guidance
- Western Australian State sustainability strategy
- State water strategy for Western Australia
- State water plan 2007
- Water Corporation: Water forever
State Planning Policies and Guidelines
- State planning policy 2.9
- WAPC: Better urban water management
- WAPC: Planning bulletin 92 urban water management
- Department of Water: The interim guidelines for developing a local water management strategy
- Department of Water: Urban water management plans: Guidelines for preparing plans and for complying with subdivision conditions
- Department of Water: Constructed lakes in the Perth metropolitan area and South West region
- Department of Water: Coastal drainage
- State Planning Policy 2.10 Swan Canning River System
- Swan River Trust Draft Stormwater Management Policy SRT/D4
Regional Water Plans
- Kimberley regional water plan
- Pilbara regional water plan
- Perth-Peel regional water plan
- South west regional water plan
Department of Water Drainage and Water Management Plans
- Southern River integrated land and water management plan
- Jandakot drainage and water management plan : Peel main drain catchment
- Byford townsite drainage and water management plan
- Murray drainage and water management plan
- Swan urban growth corridor drainage and water management plan
Water Quality Improvement Plans
- Peel-Harvey
- Swan-Canning
- Vasse-Wonnerup
- A good overview of the Costal Catchments Initiative program can be found on the Australian Government's Water for the future webpage
Tools for Local Government
- City of Wanneroo local planning policy 4.4: Urban water management (Draft)
- Local planning policy
- Scheme provisions for WSUD
- Implementation notes: WSUD strategies for local planning policy
- Leschenault catchment council
- Mandurah town planning scheme No 3
- Midge Research Group: Chrironomid midge and mosquito risk assessment guide for constructed water bodies
- EMRC, SRT and Act Now: NRM policy manual for local governments
Water Conservation and Efficiency
- Department of Water: Waterwise community toolkit
- ICLEI Water Campaign: promoting water auditing, quality and
conservation in local government.
Find out more about ICLEI's water campaign - Department of Water and Water Corporation: Waterwise councils program
Other Resources
- Alliance for Water Efficiency (USA): Program experiences of the US and ideas you can use (pdf)
- Water Corporation: Waterwise hints and tips
- Water Corporation: Waterwise plants for Western Australia
- Water Corporation: Waterwise plants for Perth
- Natural Heritage Trust: Innovation in irrigation
- Grow Local Plants: Soil map (Perth metropolitan region)
- University of Western Australia: School of Plant Biology: Turf research programme
- SERCUL: Phosphorus awareness project
- Great Gardens (Free gardening workshops)
- Everlasting Concepts (landscaping training)
- Everlasting Concepts: WA waterwise landscaping native plant nurseries
- CRC for Irrigation Futures: Irrigation of urban green spaces: A review of the environmental, social and economic benefits
- Landscape Industries Association Western Australia: Waterwise garden landscapers
Water Reuse and Recycling
Framework for the use of Non-Drinking water in WA
WA Department of Health guidelines
- Guidelines for the Non-Potanble Uses of Recycled Water in Western Australia
- Draft guidelines for the reuse of greywater in Western Australia
- Draft Alternate Water Supply Guidelines - Stormwater and Rainwater
- Urban rainwater tanks: Urban rainwater collection
- enHealth: National Public Health Partnership: Guidance on use of rainwater tanks
H2Options: Seven Steps for Developers
- A seven step guide for examining alternative water supplies in
the Perth metropolitan area
Introduction Annexure A Annexure B Annexure C Annexure D Annexure E Annexure F Annexure G - Water use model and cost template (editable in excel)
Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling
- Australian national guidelines for water recycling: Managing health and environmental risks: Phase 1, October 2005
- Australian national guidelines for water recycling: Augmention of drinking water supplies: phase 2 Draft, July 2007
- NWQMS Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse - July 2009
- NWQMS Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Managed Aquifer Recharge - July 2009
- NWQMS Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Augmentation of Drinking Water Supplies - May 2008
- Overview Document - Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Managing Health and Environmental Risks - Phase 1 - Mar 2008
- NWQMS Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Managing Health and Environmental Risks - Nov 2006
- Recycled Water Quality: A guide to determining, monitoring and achieving safe concentrations of chemicals in recycled water - Uniquest - May 2008
- NWQMS Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling - Erratum - Dec 2006
- NWQMS Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling - Managing Health and Environmental Risks - Impact Assessment - Sep 2005
- NWQMS Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Augmentation of Drinking Water Supplies - Erratum - Nov 2008
Managed aquifer recharge
- Operational policy 1.01 — Managed aquifer recharge in Western Australia
- Australian Guidelines for Managed Aquifer Recharge
- South Australian Stormwater Harvesting Schemes
- National Water Commission Feb 2009: Managed aquifer recharge: An introduction
- Feasibility of managed aquifer recharge using drainage water study
- Workshop June 9 2011 - Integrating stormwater harvesting and Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) into new development in the Peel Region
Other publications
- CSIRO: Risk of pathogens and other contaminants
- Requirements for installation of rainwater and greywater systems in Australia - executive summary (57KB)
- Requirements for installation of rainwater and greywater systems in Australia (1.7MB)
- Master Plumbers Association handbook on rainwater tank design and installation (2.54MB)
- Master Plumbers Association handbook on greywater design and installation (2.45MB)
- Water Corporation sewer mining information sheet
- Water Corporation dual reticulation (non-drinking water) schemes
Stormwater and Groundwater Management
- Australian run-off quality
- Australian rainfall and runoff
- Water sensitive urban design handbook - Student edition: University of South Australia, John Argue: Basic procedures for "source control" of stormwater
- Department of Water: Stormwater management manual for Western Australia
- Western Australian WSUD info sheets
- Rain garden design: Facility for advancing water biofiltration
- SEQ Healthy Waterways: Stormwater harvesting guidelines (Draft - 4Mb)
- SEQ Healthy Waterways: Concept design guidelines for water sensitive urban design (14Mb)
Specific Guidelines
- Peel-Harvey WSUD technical guidelines
- Guidelines for industrial development
- International Erosion Control Association Australasia: Best practice erosion and sediment control
- Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia: Local Government Guidelines for Subdivisional Development