Water

A changing climate and increased competition for scarce water resources means the Western Australian agriculture sector must adapt to reduced water availability. The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is supporting the sector through innovative research and management strategies to identify new water resources, and sustain the quality and efficient use of available water resources.

The department provides technical information on a range of water related issues, and works to complement the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation's administration of the Western Australian Farm Water Planning Scheme. This scheme supports dryland farming communities to improve and better manage non-potable water supplies, through incentive schemes, grants, and planning and technical services.

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  • Oldman and river saltbush planting

    Managing dryland salinity in south-west Western Australia

    21 November 2013

    Managing saline dryland (rainfed, not irrigated) can provide many benefits: increased whole-farm productivity, reduced on-farm and off-farm degradation, and protection of landscape and community va

  • Primary (naturally occurring) saline lake with salt-tolerant shrubs and trees

    Dryland salinity in Western Australia

    20 November 2013

    Dryland salinity (salinity on non-irrigated land) is one of the greatest environmental threats facing Western Australia's agricultural land, water, biodiversity and infrastructure.

  • salt affected land in the North Stirlings on South Coast of Western Australia

    Dryland salinity – extent and impact in the South West of Western Australia

    26 November 2013

    More than 1 million hectares of previously productive land in South West Western Australia (SW WA) is severely affected by dryland salinity, and about 0.75 million hectares is moderately affected..

  • An operator is checking the salinity of soil using an EM38 machine which measures the electrical conductivity

    Measuring soil salinity

    1 April 2015

    To make sound decisions on managing saline sites, you need to know the source of salt, how salinisation is occurring, the landscape context, and most importantly, the actual salt concentration of t

  • Tallwheat grass paddock at Wellstead.

    Assessing saline areas in Western Australia

    28 November 2013

    Dryland salinity can be assessed on-farm by observation and/or measurement.

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    Dryland salinity science

    21 November 2013

    Salt is a natural component of land, water and ecological systems in Western Australia. Large areas of naturally saline land (primary salinity) were present before European settlement.

  • Growing the Pilbara details the findings of the Pilbara Hinterland Agricultural Development Initiative (PHADI). It delivers a prefeasibility level assessment of the irrigation development opportunities in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

    Irrigation in the Pilbara

    16 January 2014

    The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) is planning for the future of irrigated agriculture development in the Pilbara

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