Licensing

Groundwater Licences are required for all commercial users of groundwater and artesian groundwater wells in Western Australia. This requires obtaining exploration licenses and abstraction licenses. The amount of detail required by the Department of Water depends on location and on the volume of water required.

Bioscience can assist with the application of a groundwater licences under section 5C of Right in Water and Irrigation Act 1914, from an initial desktop investigation, supervision of bore drilling and equipping, then testing bores. Data and logs are reported in a detailed Hydrogeological Assessment and associated Operating and Management Strategy to the requirements of the Department of Water.

Annual monitoring, analysis and reporting services are provided to many of the state's largest water users.