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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  • Natural salt lake evaporation basin near Wongan Hills, Western Australia showing crystalline salt

    Evaporation basins for salinity management

    12 October 2015

    An evaporation basin is a natural salt lake or engineered earth structure designed to store and evaporate saline water.

  • 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

  • Photo of commercial reverse osmosis system for brackish water. Photo courtesy of Vertex Hydropore Pty Ltd

    Groundwater desalination and regulation for farm water supply in Western Australia

    11 September 2015

    Pumping of groundwater and disposal of saline effluent (reject water) from desalination is covered by regulations requiring owners or occupiers to notify the Commissioner of Soil and Land Conservat

  • 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.

  • View of typical secondary salinity in northern agricultural areas of Western Australia

    Groundwater trends in agricultural areas of Western Australia

    14 January 2015

    The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) completed a major analysis of groundwater trends in the agricultural areas of south-west Western Australia in 2014.

  • DOW Water monitoring West Kimberley

    Monitoring groundwater

    30 January 2019

    Rising groundwater is a major land degradation hazard in many areas of the South West Agricultural Region of Western Australia, and results in increased salinisation.

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