Question On Notice No. 1141 asked in the Legislative Council on 30 November 2022 by Hon Dr Brad Pettitt
Question Directed to the: Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Water
Parliament: 41 Session: 1
Question
I refer to water
licence applications in the Kimberley, and ask:
(a) how many applications
are currently being assessed by the Department of Water;
(b) for each application, will the Minister detail the area and
volume, and whether they are for
surface or groundwater;
(c) if no to (b), why not;
(d) how much water is
currently licenced to be used in the Kimberley;
(e) how much water is being removed from the Fitzroy River and
any other rivers or wetlands in
the Kimberley;
(f) have any water license applications in the Kimberley been rejected in the past four years;
(g) if yes to (f), will the Minister list the rejected applications
along with the amount of water sought
and the reasons for the rejection; and
(h) if no to (g), why not?
Answered on 14 February 2023
(a) 13 applications to take groundwater and 4 applications for surface water.
(b) Please refer to table below:
Applicant
|
Volume Requested (gigalitre per annum)
|
Area (Resource)
|
Surface / Ground
|
Kununurra Motorcross Club
|
0.002
|
Ord River and Tributaries - Main Ord River
|
Surface
|
Anna Plains Cattle Co. Pty. Ltd.
|
1.5
|
Canning-Kimberley - La Grange South
|
Ground
|
Kimberley Agriculture and Pastoral Company Pty Limited
|
13
|
Canning-Kimberley - La Grange North
|
Ground
|
Gogo Station Pty Ltd
|
50
|
Fitzroy River and Tributaries - Margaret River
|
Surface
|
Gogo Station Pty Ltd
|
1
|
Canning-Kimberley
|
Ground
|
Mandora Services Pty Ltd
|
3
|
Canning-Kimberley - West Canning - Pardoo
|
Ground
|
Kimberley Agricultural Investment Pty Ltd
|
27.6
|
Ord River and Tributaries - Carlton-Mantinea
|
Surface
|
Water Corporation
|
0.2
|
Canning-Kimberley
|
Ground
|
Water Corporation
|
0.3
|
Canning-Kimberley - La Grange North
|
Ground
|
Napier Corporation Pty Ltd
|
3
|
Canning-Kimberley
|
Ground
|
Kimberley Asparagus Pty Ltd
|
1.705
|
Broome - Skuthorpe
|
Ground
|
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
|
0.2
|
Broome - Townsite
|
Ground
|
Wirrimanu Aboriginal Corporation
|
0.5
|
Canning-Kimberley
|
Ground
|
Burton, Jamie Peter
|
1.4
|
Canning-Kimberley - Canning-Pender
|
Ground
|
Sorby Management Pty Ltd
|
6.5
|
Canning-Kimberley
|
Ground
|
Main Roads
|
0.155
|
Canning-Kimberley
|
Ground
|
Gray Estate Pty Ltd
|
0.095
|
Ord River and Tributaries - Main Ord River
|
Surface
|
(c) Not applicable
(d) As at 19 January 2023 the total licenced allocation in the Kimberley was 527.45 gigalitres per annum (surface water and groundwater).
(e) The metered abstraction from the Fitzroy River and Tributaries is 2.479765 gigalitres. Metered abstraction in other surface water areas is 269.500787 gigalitres.
(f) Two groundwater applications have been rejected between 1 Jan 2019 and 31 December 2022.
(g) These applications were rejected due to insufficient supporting information to determine the potential impacts to the water resource and environment.
Instrument Type
|
Application Type
|
Primary Party
|
Volume Requested (gigalitre per annum)
|
GWL
|
amend
|
Consolidated Australian Pastoral Holdings Pty Ltd
|
12.5
|
GWL
|
new
|
Burton, Jamie Peter
|
10
|
(h) Not applicable