Department of Water Government of Western Australia Looking after all our water needs Quindalup Water Reserve drinking water source protection plan Dunsborough, Yallingup and Quindalup town water supplies REPORT NO. 88 Water resource protection series June 2008 Quindalup Water Reserve drinking water source protection plan Dunsborough, Yallingup and Quindalup town water supplies Looking after all our water needs Department of Water Water resource protection series Report 88 June 2008 Quindalup Water Reserve drinking water source protection plan Water resource protection, Report 88 Department of Water 168 St Georges Terrace Perth Western Australia 6000 Telephone +61 8 6364 7600 Facsimile +61 8 6364 7601 http://www.water.wa.gov.au © Government of Western Australia 2008 June 2008 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. ISSN 1326-7442 (print) ISSN 1835-3924 (online) ISBN 978-1-921508-13-4 (print) ISBN 978-1-921508-14-1 (online) Acknowledgements The Department of Water would like to thank the following for their contribution to this publication: Kellie Clark (Environmental Officer, Department of Water) - report preparation, Kathryn Buehrig (Senior Water Resource Planner, Department of Water) - photographs, Stephen Watson (Program Manager, Department of Water) and Nigel Mantle (A/Branch Manager, Department of Water) - supervision, Hazen Cleary (Senior NRMO, South West Region, Department of Water), Aaron Campbell (Catchment Co-ordinator, South West Region, Water Corporation) - report liaison and Melanie Webb and Yin Le (GIS officers, Department of Water) - drafting. For more information about this report, contact the Department of Water officers listed above, Water Source Protection Branch or send your query to [email protected]. Cover photo: Production bore 1_98, taken by Kathryn Buehrig. ii Department of Water Water resource protection, Report 88 Quindalup Water Reserve drinking water source protection plan Contents Contents ..................................................................................................................... iii Preface ........................................................................................................................v Summary ................................................................................................................... vii 1 Drinking water source overview...............................................................................1 1.1 Existing water supply system ...........................................................................................1 1.2 Water treatment ...............................................................................................................1 1.3 Catchment details ............................................................................................................1 1.3.1 Physiography..........................................................................................................................1 1.3.2 Climate....................................................................................................................................1 1.3.3 Hydrogeology..........................................................................................................................2 1.4 Future water supply requirements....................................................................................3 1.5 Protection and allocation..................................................................................................3 1.5.1 Existing water source protection .............................................................................................3 1.5.2 Current allocation licence........................................................................................................3 2 Water quality monitoring and contamination risks ...................................................7 2.1 Microbiological .................................................................................................................7 2.2 Health related...................................................................................................................8 2.3 Aesthetic ..........................................................................................................................8 2.4 Groundwater bores ..........................................................................................................9 2.5 Mineral exploration bores.................................................................................................9 3 Land–use assessment ..........................................................................................11 3.1 Existing land uses and activities.....................................................................................11 3.2 Proposed land uses and activities..................................................................................11 4 Catchment protection strategy...............................................................................13 4.1 Protection objectives......................................................................................................13 4.2 Proclaimed area.............................................................................................................13 4.3 Priority areas..................................................................................................................13 4.4 Land–use planning.........................................................................................................15 4.5 Best management practices...........................................................................................15 4.6 Surveillance and by-law enforcement ............................................................................16 4.7 Emergency response .....................................................................................................16 5 Recommendations ................................................................................................17 Appendices................................................................................................................19 Glossary ....................................................................................................................25 References and further reading .................................................................................29 Department of Water iii Quindalup Water Reserve drinking water source protection plan Water resource protection, Report 88 Appendices Appendix A: Water quality .........................................................................................19 Appendix B: Photographs..........................................................................................23 Figures Figure 1 Quindalup Water Reserve locality map ......................................................... 4 Figure 2 Quindalup Water Reserve ............................................................................. 5 Figure 3 Land use and tenure surrounding the Quindalup Water Reserve................ 12 Figure 4 Priority areas for the Quindalup Water Reserve .......................................... 14 iv Department of Water Water resource protection, Report 88 Quindalup Water Reserve drinking water source protection plan Preface The Department of Water has prepared this drinking water source protection plan to assess risks to water quality within the Quindalup Water Reserve and to recommend management strategies to avoid, minimise or manage those risks. The department is committed to protecting drinking water sources to meet public health requirements and ensure the supply of safe, good quality drinking water to consumers. The National water quality management strategy: Australian drinking water guidelines recommends a risk-based, multiple-barrier approach to protect public drinking water sources. Catchment protection is the first barrier, with subsequent barriers implemented at the water storage, treatment and distribution stages of a water supply system. Catchment protection requires an understanding of the catchment, the hazards and hazardous events that can compromise drinking water quality, and development of preventative strategies and operational controls to ensure the safest possible water supply. This plan details the location and boundary of the drinking water catchment, which provides potable water to the Dunsborough, Yallingup and Quindalup town water supplies. It discusses existing and future use of the water source, describes the water supply system, identifies risks and recommends management approaches to address these risks and maximise protection of the water reserve. This plan should be used to guide state and local government land–use planning decisions. It should be recognised in the Shire of Busselton’s town planning scheme, consistent with the Western Australian Planning Commission’s Statement of Planning Policy No. 2.7: Public drinking water source policy. Other stakeholders should use this document as a guide for protecting the quality of water in the gazetted Quindalup Water Reserve. The stages involved in preparing a Drinking Water Source Protection Plan are: Stages