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Supporting Information to Draft Statewide Policy No. 4 Waterways WA Supporting Information to Draft Statewide Policy No. 4 Waterways WA 2000 Water and Rivers Commission Draft - Statewide Policy No. 4 Waterways WA WATER AND RIVERS COMMISSION HYATT CENTRE 3 PLAIN STREET EAST PERTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA 6004 TELEPHONE (08) 9278 0300 FACSIMILE (08) 9278 0301 Acknowledgments This document was prepared by the Restoration and Management Section, which is part of the Policy and Planning Division of the Water and Rivers Commission. Review was provided by the Waterways Review Team, which included: Bev Thurlow (Chair), Verity Klemm (Program Manager), Naomi Arrowsmith, Viv Read Rob Hammond, Malcolm Robb, and Roy Stone. The team’s executive officer was Kerry Trayler. Other contributors from the Commission included Luke Pen, Susan Worley, Ron Shepherd, Kathleen Broderick, Lisa Chalmers, Marnie Leybourne, Damien Hills, Wayne Tingey, Don McFarlane and Paul Rosair. Comments were provided by the Rivers and Estuaries Council, Regional Chairs Coordinating Group, NRM Senior Officers Group and WRC Stakeholder Council on the general direction of the policy. Additional comments were received from Conservation and Land Management, Department of Resources Development, Ministry for Planning, Aboriginal Affairs Department, Department of Environmental Protection and Agriculture WA. This document has been developed as part of the Waterways WA Program. This program forms part of the State- Federal Partnership Agreement for Natural Heritage Trust funding. NHT (Rivercare) and the Water and Rivers Commission jointly fund the Waterways WA Program. Reference Details This document is protected by copyright. Information in this document may be reproduced provided that any extracts are fully acknowledged. The recommended reference for this publication is: Water and Rivers Commission 2000, Supporting Information to Draft Statewide Policy No. 4 – Waterways WA, Water and Rivers Commission, Statewide Policy No. 4. ISBN: 0-7309-7484-7 ISSN: 1442-5599 SNO: PF4 _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ ii Water and Rivers Commission Draft - Statewide Policy No. 4 Waterways WA Contents 1 Introduction ....................................... 1 6.5 Objective 5: Protect and Enhance Water Quality and Amenity...............................16 1.1 Preamble ...................................................1 6.6 Objective 6: Protect Social and Cultural 1.2 Background...............................................1 Values When Managing Waterways.......17 1.3 Why is improved waterways management 6.7 Objective 7: Increase Community important? .................................................2 Awareness and Involvement in the Management and Protection of Waterways 1.4 Structure of this Document .......................4 ................................................................18 1.5 Definition of a Waterway..........................4 7 Roles and Responsibilities ...............18 1.6 Timeframe of the Policy and Comment Period........................................................4 7.1 Water and Rivers Commission................18 7.2 Overview of Roles and Responsibilities .20 2 Values and Issues............................... 6 2.1 The Value of Waterways ..........................6 8 Natural Resource Management in Western Australia ............................23 2.2 Issues and Symptoms of Waterway Decline......................................................6 8.1 Regional Natural Resource Management Groups.....................................................24 3 Background to Policy Vision, Guiding Principles and Objectives .. 8 References ...................................................26 4 Vision .................................................. 9 Glossary.......................................................28 5 Guiding Principles............................. 9 Appendices..................................................33 5.1 Economic Principles ...............................10 Appendix 1: The Significance and Status of Riparian Land..........................................33 5.2 Environmental Principles........................10 Appendix 2: State, National and International 5.3 Social Principles .....................................11 Policies Relevant to Waterways Management............................................36 6 Objectives ......................................... 13 Further Enquiries ......................................42 6.1 Objective 1: Improve Understanding of Waterways ..............................................13 6.2 Objective 2: Protect Waterways of High Environmental, Scenic and Heritage Significance ............................................14 6.3 Objective 3: Manage Waterways to Agreed Conditions for a Range of Uses ..............14 6.4 Objective 4: Achieve Economic Benefits Based on Sustainable Use of Waterways and Their Catchments. ............................15 _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ iii Water and Rivers Commission Draft - Statewide Policy No. 4 Waterways WA 1 Introduction stakeholder groups and a number of government departments to provide some initial, limited input to the Draft Policy. These included: 1.1 Preamble • Natural Resource Management Regional Chairs Western Australia is poorly endowed with permanent Group. lakes and flowing rivers. There are many issues facing • Water and Rivers Commission (WRC) our waterways and it is an enormous challenge for all Stakeholder Council (composed of representatives Western Australians to work together to protect and of users and uses of water). enhance these precious assets. • Rivers and Estuaries Council, a sub committee of the Water and Rivers Commission Board. The Draft Policy forms the basis for the first statewide • State Government Agency (NRM) Senior Officers discussion of waterways management. To date, the Group. management of our waterways has been largely confined to specific waterways and has been in These groups acted as a reference panel to gain response to community or environmental pressure. It community feedback on the direction and intent of the has not taken place within a statewide framework. A Draft Policy prior to its release. The Draft Policy will framework would increase certainty in relation to act as a launching pad for community discussion about waterways management and enable the development of how waterways should be managed in the State. agreed management structures for achieving sustainable waterways management. 1.2 Background The Draft Policy does not propose any particular Western Australia has 208 major waterways with a management framework. It is expected that combined length of more than 25 000km. Many of discussions and submissions will begin to formulate these waterways and associated catchments are the basis of a waterways management framework that degraded as a result of human activities. Water quality can be developed with community support. is generally declining across the State, with many waterways carrying high loads of nutrients, sediment, The Draft Policy allows the community as a whole to and organic matter, and in some cases toxic chemicals. discuss priorities, management options and A large number of rivers are also becoming administrative structures. It provides an open and increasingly saline. There is growing community debateable process for considering waterways concern about the deteriorating condition of our management in Western Australia. It aims to provide a waterways. common understanding of the issues facing waterways. It explains that, because of the diversity of State’s Western Australia’s waterways are an integral part of waterway environments, we need a coordinated, multi- our heritage, and a significant State asset with levelled and flexible management approach. important social and economic values. Many waterways are important water and food sources for The Draft Policy assists in the sustainable management Aboriginal peoples, and places of spiritual and cultural of waterways. It enhances environmental quality and significance for which they often have custodial reduces conflict between competing uses by responsibilities. Early explorers and settlers relied on articulating the management principles that sit behind good water supplies, and settlements were generally many management decisions. located close to rivers. Waterways still supply water for agricultural and pastoral uses and are a resource for There are over 300 groups and organisations within commercial and amateur fishers. They are a focus for Western Australia that have some interest in waterways recreation in our predominantly dry landscape. Popular management and use. It was not possible to consult all riverine activities include swimming, boating, groups before the release of the Draft Policy. In order picnicking and bushwalking. to gain some feedback on the direction of the Policy, the Water and Rivers Commission identified three key _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ 1 Water and Rivers Commission Draft - Statewide Policy No. 4 Waterways WA Waterways also have important ecological functions. with the majority of growth in the Perth and Peel They provide important linkages between landforms regions. Increasing population growth, and associated and are home to a wide range of plants, animals and economic development, will lead to changes in the microorganisms, many of them unique to a particular environment, increasing demand for water and region. The
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