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Middle Canning River Middle Canning River surface water allocation plan (below Canning Dam to Kent Street Weir) Statement of Response Department of Water September 2012 Middle Canning River surface water allocation plan (below Canning Dam to Kent Street Weir) Statement of response Looking after all our water needs Department of Water September 2012 Department of Water 168 St Georges Terrace Perth Western Australia 6000 Telephone +61 8 6364 7600 Facsimile +61 8 6364 7601 National Relay Service 13 36 77 www.water.wa.gov.au © Government of Western Australia 2012 September 2012 This work is copyright. You may download, display, print and reproduce this material in unaltered form only (retaining this notice) for your personal, non-commercial use or use within your organisation. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 , all other rights are reserved. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the Department of Water. ISBN 978-1-921992-26-1 (online) Acknowledgements The Department of Water would like to thank the following for their contribution to this publication: Renée Rowling, Fiona Lynn, Kerrie Youngs and Susan Worley. For more information about this report, contact Swan Avon Region Department of Water 7 Ellam Street Victoria Park Western Australia 6100 Telephone 08 6250 8000 Facsimile 08 6250 8050 Disclaimer This document has been published by the Department of Water. Any representation, statement, opinion or advice expressed or implied in this publication is made in good faith and on the basis that the Department of Water and its employees are not liable for any damage or loss whatsoever which may occur as a result of action taken or not taken, as the case may be in respect of any representation, statement, opinion or advice referred to herein. Professional advice should be obtained before applying the information contained in this document to particular circumstances. This publication is available at our website <www.water.wa.gov.au> or for those with special needs it can be made available in alternative formats such as audio, large print, or Braille. Middle Canning River surface water allocation plan – statement of response Contents Middle Canning River surface water allocation plan – statement of response ............ 1 The public comment period ......................................................................................................... 1 Comments received and the department’s responses ................................................................ 1 Where to next? .......................................................................................................................... 11 Shortened forms ........................................................................................................ 12 References ................................................................................................................ 13 Tables Table 1 Interest groupings of respondents to the draft plan ................................ 2 Table 2 General comments on the plan .............................................................. 2 Table 3 Comments on balancing economic, social and environmental values ... 4 Table 4 Comments on licensing .......................................................................... 4 Table 5 Comments on allocation limits and water availability/managing water entitlements ............................................................................................ 6 Table 6 Comments on consultation ..................................................................... 7 Table 7 Comments to variations in climate and rainfall ....................................... 8 Table 8 Comments on drainage, foreshore and channel management .............. 9 Department of Water iii Middle Canning River surface water allocation plan – statement of response Middle Canning River surface water allocation plan – statement of response This statement is the Department of Water’s response to the comments, issues and questions received on the Lower Canning River surface water allocation plan: for public comment (DoW 2010). All of the comments received were considered in finalising the plan. The public comment period The plan was open for a three-month public comment period from September to December 2010. Stakeholders and organisations, as well as licensees and riparian users along the river, were notified that the plan was open for public comment. An invitation to comment was also advertised monthly during the public comment period in The West Australian and the Comment News . During the public comment period, the department met with representatives from a number of stakeholder groups to brief them on the plan. These included: • Araluen Botanic Park • South East Regional Centre for Urban Landcare • Perth NRM • Canning River Regional Park Community Advisory Committee • Swan River Trust We also met with the largest licensed users before the plan was released to inform them of the plan’s implications. This included the requirement to meter their use and the possibility of pumping restrictions being imposed in drought years. An additional meeting was held with representatives from stakeholder groups after the public comment period closed. The purpose was to discuss submissions that fell outside the allocation plan’s scope and to help finalise the plan. Comments received and the department’s responses We received 16 formal submissions during the public comment period. Respondents and their associated interest group are listed in Table 1. Respondents representing a specific interest group have, in some cases commented on other areas of interest in the plan. We appreciate the effort put into all of the submissions and have considered all the comments in finalising the plan. This statement provides the department’s response to the submissions and outlines if the allocation plan was updated or changed due to public comments. Department of Water 1 Middle Canning River surface water allocation plan – statement of response Table 1 Interest groupings of respondents to the draft plan Number of Respondents Interest group responses Canning River Regional Park Community Advisory Community 1 Committee Individual (x 9) Individual 9 City of Armadale Local government 2 City of Canning Department of Environment and Conservation Other state Department of Indigenous Affairs 3 Government Swan River Trust Public water Water Corporation 1 supply Total 16 The following tables summarise the main issues and questions raised in the submissions and list our responses. The comments are grouped according to the water issue they relate to. Table 2 General comments on the plan Comment Department of Water response Support for the plan A number of respondents expressed their support We value the support that stakeholders have for the plan stating: expressed for the plan and thank them for their • the plan is clear and concise submissions and interest in managing the Middle Canning River. • the plan includes well-thought-out initiatives to ensure the river system’s ecological needs are met • the plan enables the rules outlined for summer releases to be agreed on and put into operation • it has been particularly useful having a formal mechanism in place to guide releases in a dry year. Aboriginal sites The plan does not make sufficient reference to The river channel and foreshore fall within the the impact of environmental flows, or the creation Swan River Trust’s Development Control Area of a reserve on Aboriginal sites. under the Swan and Canning Rivers Management Act 2006 . We will continue to refer any actions that impact on the river channel to the Trust. The plan needs to recognise the links between We have amended the plan to recognise the links traditional owners and the river and reaffirm the between traditional owners and the river and the value of water to Aboriginal peoples. importance of the river as a heritage site. 2 Department of Water Middle Canning River surface water allocation plan – statement of response Comment Department of Water response Notification Two respondents said that there needed to be We have updated the plan to include our process improved notification about changes to releases, for notifying water users and key stakeholder the turning on and off of flows and reductions to groups when changes will be made to releases. water allocations. This was especially important in See Sections 4.2 and 5.3. low-winter-rainfall years. Naming conventions and plan content A number of submissions suggested the following edits: i. The plan’s name should be changed to i. We have changed the plan’s name from Middle Canning River surface water allocation Lower Canning River surface water allocation plan to better align with the naming of river plan to Middle Canning River surface water stretches used by other agencies allocation plan . ii. The plan states that the Kent Street Weir is ii. We have amended the plan, see Section 1.3. located in suburb of Cannington. This should be amended to Wilson. iii. It would be useful if the plan had a map iii. We have added a new figure to the plan to showing the locations of the environmental include the location of the release points in release points (ERPs). This would help relation to the management reaches determine the impacts of the reduction in (see Figure 2). environmental releases on particular stretches of the river, in particular the Canning River Regional Park. iv. Further clarification is required about the iv. The Department of Water
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