Policy and Guidelines

• Department of Water: Waterwise community toolkit
• Department of Water: North West corridor water supply strategy
• Department of Water and Water Corporation: Waterwise councils program
• Water Corporation – H2O Assist
• Irrigation Australia – Urban Irrigation Best Management Practices (for purchase)
• Water Corporation – Waterwise verges
• Swan Canning Riverpark

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
• 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 by the Forever Project)
• 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
• Perth Region NRM: Coastal Gardens – A planting guide for the Perth coastal region
• Rewild Perth - Bring nature home

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 (12Mb)
• Department of Water: Urban water management plans: Guidelines for preparing plans and for complying with subdivision conditions (5Mb)
• Department of Water: Constructed lakes in the Perth metropolitan area and South West region (600kb)
• Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions: Policy and guideline list
• State Planning Policy 2.10 Swan Canning River System
• Planning for Stormwater Management Affecting the Swan Canning Development Control Area, DPaW and SRT 2016 (Corporate Policy Statement No. 49)
• Western Australia water in mining guideline
• Strategic Policy 2.09 – Use of mine dewatering surplus
• Water monitoring guidelines for better urban water management strategies and plans
• 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

• 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
• Policy framework for inland drainage
• Geographe Bay water quality improvement plan

Water Quality Improvement Plans

• 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
• Canning Plain WQIP – Reducing the impact of light industry on the Swan Canning Rivers through the review of local government instruments.
• Leschenault Estuary WQIP

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

• State Water Recycling Strategy (WA)

Framework for the use of Non-Drinking water in WA

• Guidelines for the approval of non-drinking water systems in Western Australia – urban developments

WA Department of Health guidelines

• Guidelines for the Non-Potable Uses of Recycled Water in Western Australia
• Code of Practice for the Reuse of Greywater in Western Australia 2010
• 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

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.

Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling

• 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 2006
• 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

Managed aquifer recharge

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

Other publications

• CSIRO: Water: Science and Solutions for Australia
• 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
• 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

• Australian run-off quality
• Australian rainfall and runoff
• Water resource considerations when controlling groundwater levels in urban development
• Draft specifications – groundwater separations V2 (IPWEA)
  • Groundwater Separation Distances Survey
  • Sub-Soil Drainage Recommended Requirements_Final_Sept18
• Adoption guidelines for Stormwater Biofiltration Systems
• 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 – Superceded (This chapter is superceded by Draft State Planning Policy 2.9 Planning for Water (WAPC 2021)
  • Chapter 4 – This chapter is superceded 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
• Western Australian WSUD info sheets
• Biofilter vegetation guidelines for southwest WA
• Biofilter vegetation Practice Note for southwest WA
• SEQ Healthy Waterways: Bioretention – Technical Design Guidelines (2014)
• SEQ Healthy Waterways: Water Sensitive Designs (2014)
• SEQ Healthy Waterways: A business case for best practice urban stormwater management (2010)
• Rain garden design: Final Version of FAWB Adoption Guidelines  Facility for advancing water biofiltration
• SEQ Healthy Waterways: Stormwater harvesting guidelines (Draft – 4Mb)
• SEQ Healthy Waterways: WSUD: Sketchbook (14Mb)
• Environmental management of groundwater abstraction from the Gnangara Mound
• Stormwater Pollution Educational Awareness Campaign
• Perth NRM: Sediment control for building sites
  • Sediment management for builders
  • Sediment management for local government
  • Sediment management – Manuals and reports