Policy and Guidelines

High Level Guidance

• State water plan 2007
• State water strategy for Western Australia
• Water Corporation: Water forever
• Western Australian State sustainability strategy

State Planning Policies and Guidelines

• Department of Water: Constructed lakes in the Perth metropolitan area and South West region (600kb)
• Department of Water: The interim guidelines for developing a local water management strategy (12Mb)
• Department of Water: Urban water management plans: Guidelines for preparing plans and for complying with subdivision conditions (5Mb)
• Planning for Dewatering Affecting the Swan Canning Development Control Area (Corporate Policy Statement No. 50)
• Planning for Land Use, Development and Permitting Affecting the Swan Canning Development Control Area (Corporate Policy Statement No. 42)
• Planning for Stormwater Management Affecting the Swan Canning Development Control Area (Corporate Policy Statement No. 49)
• State planning policy 2.9
• State Planning Policy 2.10 Swan Canning River System
• Strategic Policy 2.09 – Use of mine dewatering surplus
• Swan Canning policy and guideline list
• WAPC: Better urban water management
• WAPC: Planning bulletin 92 urban water management
• Water monitoring guidelines for better urban water management strategies and plans
• Western Australia water in mining guideline
• Better Urban Water Management – 7 guidance notes:

1. 1. Overview
   2. Water management reports in the land planning process
   3. Preparation and assessment of water management reports
   4. Resource and support provided by the Department of Water
   5. The role of local government
   6. Identifying and establishing waterways foreshore areas
   7. Managing the hydrology and hydrogeology of water dependent ecosystems in urban development

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

• Byford townsite drainage and water management plan
• Geographe Bay water quality improvement plan
• Jandakot drainage and water management plan : Peel main drain catchment
• Murray drainage and water management plan
• Policy framework for inland drainage
• Southern River integrated land and water management plan
• Swan urban growth corridor drainage and water management plan

Water Quality Improvement Plans

• Canning Plain WQIP – Reducing the impact of light industry on the Swan Canning Rivers through the review of local government instruments.
• Leschenault Estuary WQIP
• Peel-Harvey
• Swan-Canning
• Vasse-Wonnerup
• A good overview of the Coastal Catchments Initiative program can be found on the Australian Government’s Coastal Research webpage

Local WQIPs

• Bannister Creek Catchment
• Bayswater Brook
• Bennett Brook Catchment
• Bickley Brook Catchment
• Bull Creek Catchment
• Canning Plain Catchment
• Ellen Brook Catchment
• Mounts Bay Catchment
• Southern River Catchment
• St Leonards Creek Catchment

Other Resources

• SERCUL: Phosphorus awareness project
• Swan Canning Riverpark

• Adoption guidelines for Stormwater Biofiltration Systems
• Australian rainfall and runoff
• Australian run-off quality
• Biofilter vegetation guidelines for southwest WA
• Biofilter vegetation Practice Note for southwest WA
• Decision Process for Stormwater Management in WA
• Department of Water and Environmental Regulation: Stormwater management manual for Western Australia
  • Chapter 1 – Introduction
  • Chapter 2 – Understanding the context
  • Chapter 3 – Superseded (This chapter is superseded by Draft State Planning Policy 2.9 Planning for Water (WAPC 2021)
  • Chapter 4 – This chapter is superseded by the Decision process for stormwater management in Western Australia (DWER 2017)
  • Chapter 5 – Stormwater management plans
  • Chapter 6 – Retrofitting
  • Chapter 7 – Non-structural controls
  • Chapter 8 – Education and awareness for stormwater management
  • Chapter 9 – Structural Controls
  • Chapter 10 – Performance management and evaluation
  • Chapter 11 – Further information
• Draft specifications – groundwater separations V2 (IPWEA)
• • Groundwater Separation Distances Survey
  • Sub-Soil Drainage Recommended Requirements_Final_Sept18
• Environmental management of groundwater abstraction from the Gnangara Mound
• Perth NRM: Sediment control for building sites
  • Sediment management for builders
  • Sediment management for local government
  • Sediment management – Manuals and reports
• Rain garden design: Final Version of FAWB Adoption Guidelines  Facility for advancing water biofiltration
• SEQ Healthy Waterways: A business case for best practice urban stormwater management (2010)
• SEQ Healthy Waterways: Bioretention – Technical Design Guidelines (2014)
• SEQ Healthy Waterways: Water Sensitive Designs (2014)
• SEQ Healthy Waterways: Stormwater harvesting guidelines (Draft – 4Mb)
• SEQ Healthy Waterways: WSUD: Sketchbook (14Mb)
• Stormwater Pollution Educational Awareness Campaign
• Water resource considerations when controlling groundwater levels in urban development
• Western Australian WSUD info sheets

• Department of Water: North West corridor water supply strategy
• Department of Water: Waterwise community toolkit
• Department of Water and Water Corporation: Waterwise councils program
• Irrigation Australia – Urban Irrigation Best Management Practices (for purchase)
• Water Corporation – H2O Assist
• Water Corporation – Waterwise verge best practice guidelines

Other Resources

• Alliance for Water Efficiency (USA): Program experiences of the US and ideas you can use (pdf)
• CRC for Irrigation Futures: Irrigation of urban green spaces: A review of the environmental, social and economic benefits
• Great Gardens (Free gardening workshops by the Forever Project)
• Grow Local Plants: Soil map (Perth metropolitan region)
• Landscape Industries Association Western Australia: Waterwise garden landscapers
• Perth Region NRM: Coastal Gardens – A planting guide for the Perth coastal region
• Rewild Perth - Bring nature home
• University of Western Australia: School of Plant Biology: Turf research programme
• Water Corporation: Waterwise hints and tips
• Water Corporation: Waterwise plants for Perth
• Water Corporation: Waterwise plants for Western Australia

• State Water Recycling Strategy (WA)

Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling

• NWQMS Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Augmentation of Drinking Water Supplies – May 2008
• NWQMS Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Managed Aquifer Recharge – July 2009
• NWQMS Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Managing Health and Environmental Risks – Nov 2006
• NWQMS Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse – July 2009
• Overview Document – Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Managing Health and Environmental Risks – Phase 1 – Mar 2006
• Recycled Water Quality: A guide to determining, monitoring and achieving safe concentrations of chemicals in recycled water – Uniquest – May 2008

Framework for the use of Non-Drinking water in WA

• Guidelines for the approval of non-drinking water systems in Western Australia – urban developments
• Department of Water and Environmental Regulation -  Water Recycling

Managed aquifer recharge

• Australian Guidelines for Managed Aquifer Recharge
• Feasibility of managed aquifer recharge using drainage water study
• Operational policy 1.01 — Managed aquifer recharge in Western Australia
• South Australian Stormwater Harvesting Schemes

Other publications

• CSIRO: Water: Science and Solutions for Australia
• Master Plumbers Association handbook on greywater design and installation (2.45MB)
• Master Plumbers Association handbook on rainwater tank design and installation
• Requirements for installation of rainwater and greywater systems in Australia (1.7MB)
• Requirements for installation of rainwater and greywater systems in Australia – executive summary (57KB)
• Water Corporation sewer mining information sheet
• Water Corporation dual reticulation (non-drinking water) schemes

WA Department of Health guidelines

• Code of Practice for the Reuse of Greywater in Western Australia 2010
• Draft Alternate Water Supply Guidelines – Stormwater and Rainwater
• Guidelines for the Non-Potable Uses of Recycled Water in Western Australia
• National Public Health Partnership: Guidance on use of rainwater tanks
• Urban rainwater tanks: Urban rainwater collection

Water Corporation information for builders and developers

• Here is an information source developed to assist land developers consider non-drinking water schemes. Land developers are encouraged to engage with Water Corporation early in the planning process to avoid unnecessary costs and save time.