Working together to protect drinking water Want to know more? Government of Western Australia Drinking water source protection documents are If you would like a copy of the Sandstone Water Department of Water developed by the Department of Water in consultation Reserve drinking water source protection plan with local communities, state and local government go to www.water.wa.gov.au > Publications > Find agencies, water service providers (such as the Water a publication > Series browse > Water resource Corporation) and other interested stakeholders. protection plans. The support we receive from stakeholders through the Protecting Sandstone’s drinking water To read about best management practices to help development and implementation of the Sandstone protect water quality, go to www.water.wa.gov.au > Sandstone Water Reserve Water Reserve drinking water source protection plan will greatly assists in ensuring the ongoing availability Publications > Find a publication > Series browse > of reliable, safe, good quality drinking water sources Water quality protection guidelines, water now and in the future. Ultimately, the quality of water quality protection notes, water quality awareness provided to consumers depends on everyone working brochures and information sheets. together to keep the water reserve clean. To find out more about how we protect drinking There are 134 drinking water sources in Western water, visit our website: Australia servicing towns and cities. We have http://drinkingwater.water.wa.gov.au/ or contact us. completed 119 drinking water source protection reports to date for these sources. We will continue to prepare, implement and review these drinking water source protection reports, consistent with the Australian drinking water guidelines 6, 2004 to protect public health. Perth Mid West Gascoyne 168 St Georges Terrace Regional Office Perth WA 6000 94 Sanford Street Phone: 08 6364 7600 Geraldton WA 6531 Fax: 08 6364 7601 Phone: 08 9965 7400 Fax: 08 9964 5983 8650 100 1211 www.water.wa.gov.au Email: [email protected] National Relay Service 133 677 Looking after all our water needs © Department of Water 2011 December 2011 This publication is available at our website or for those with special needs it can be made available in alternative formats such as audio, large print, or Braille. Bore compound Government of Department of Wa Western ter Australia Where does Sandstone’s drinking water The plan to protect Sandstone Water Reserve come from? Sandstone’s drinking water Drinking water source protection plan Sandstone’s drinking water comes from four bores The Department of Water Sandstone town water supply located within the Sandstone Water Reserve. These has developed a drinking bores draw groundwater from a semi-confined water source protection plan to aquifer. As there is only a semi-confining layer of protect the quality of water in the impermeable rock or soil present between the water Sandstone Water Reserve and to source and the land uses above it, contaminants help ensure a reliable, safe, good can infiltrate this water source from inappropriate quality drinking water supply. The land uses on the surface. The Sandstone Sandstone Water Reserve drinking boundary has been determined based on the water source protection plan was Sandstone storage tanks Looking after all our water needs recharge area for the production bores and Water resource protection series completed in 2011 and it discusses Report WRP 124 consideration of surrounding land uses June 2011 water quality risks and recommends and ownership. A recharge area is the land management strategies to address them. over which water infiltrates into the ground It also identifies a priority area and How can we manage these water quality risks? to replenish the aquifer. protection zones, which guide land use planning and Recommended actions to help protect Sandstone’s development decisions in the water reserve to protect water supply include: water quality. • proclaiming the Sandstone Water Reserve under the Where is the Sandstone Water Reserve? Country Areas Water Supply Act 1947 What are the risks to the town’s drinking • incorporating the Sandstone Water Reserve 135100 135650 136200 136750 137300 137850 138400 water quality? boundary into the Shire of Sandstone’s local 0 0 5 5 6 6 4 4 0 0 9 9 6 6 The main land uses in the Sandstone Water Reserve planning scheme are crown leases (pastoral lease) and crown reserves. • promoting best management practices in the 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 4 0 0 9 9 6 6 Some of the water quality risks associated with these pastoral lease land uses are: • signage to make people aware of the water reserve 0 0 5 5 5 5 3 3 0 0 9 9 6 6 • pathogens and nutrients from people and boundary and why it is important to protect it. animal waste 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 9 2/99 9 • hydrocarbons from vehicles via spills and 6 6 A What am I allowed to do in the water reserves? N U L I leaks of fuel. W - E Existing, approved land uses and activities can N O 0 0 5 5 4 4 T S 2 10/99 2 0 0 D 9 9 6 6 continue. We encourage land owners and managers N A S to adopt best management practices to protect the 0 0 0 0 9 9 1 1 quality of this important drinking water source. 0 0 9 9 6 15/87 6 16/87 We have a range of publications that provide advice on 0 0 5 5 3 3 1 1 0 0 9 9 6 6 best management practices. See Want to know more? on the back of this brochure. 0 0 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 9 9 6 6 New developments, or expansion of existing land 0 0 5 5 uses or activities will need to consider the priority 2 2 0 0 0 0 9 9 6 6 areas, protection zones and recommendations in the Sandstone Water Reserve drinking water source 0 0 0 0 7 7 9 9 9 9 8 8 6 6 protection plan and our Water quality protection note 135100 135650 136200 136750 137300 137850 138400 LOCATION Water Resource Management Division LEGEND 0 0.25 0.5 Water Source Protection Branch SOURCE DATA no. 25: Land use compatibility in public drinking water Department of Water acknowledges the following Km Project officer: K. Clark Drawn by: Y. Alaak BROOME Date: 02/03/2011 datasets and their custodians in the production of this map: Production Bore File path: J:\gisprojects\Project\B_Series\B2010\ Dataset Name - Custodian - Metadata Date WA 0106_Sandstone\mxd source areas. Roads – Landgate – 2006 Roads Gazetted Water Reserve File name: Sandstone_Fig2 Towns – Landgate – 2006 SANDSTONE Coordinate system: MGA94 Zone 51 WA Coastline - AUSLIG - 1999 Cadastre Proposed Water Reserve PERTH Evidence of camping FIGURE 2 PROPOSED SANDSTONE WATER RESERVE.