Garden Bore Roster
The WA Government has mandated that from 1 September 2022, garden bores may be used only twice a week, which brings the regulations in line with the 2 day a week restriction on sprinklers using scheme water.
However, the Banjup Residents Group was successful in lobbying for exemptions for bore users not connected to scheme water and living in a bushfire prone area. All residents of rural Banjup, Jandakot, and Treeby meet these criteria. Note, though, that it is not a blanket exemption for our area: each property owner or occupier must apply for their own exemption.
The Department of Water Regulation administers the exemption scheme. You can apply for your own exemption at:
https://begroundwaterwise.wa.gov.au/garden-bore-regulation/apply-for-approval-to-irrigate-on-a-three-day-sprinkler-roster/
It is a straightforward on-line application that the Department will review manually before writing back to you.
Residents make your own submissions, too
It is the way of governments that they like to cite the absolute numbers of submissions that they receive, both for and against. It will be in all our interests if we can each make our own submission, so swelling the absolute number of those opposed.
Governments, though, are canny to this and they consider “form submissions”, no matter how many, as one submission. To counter this, each of our submissions should be somewhat different to all of the others.
Your Committee asks that each of you spends a little time on this important matter to prepare your own submission. At the button below you can download is a list of “talking points” that you can draw from. Include as many as you like and edit them to suit your own style. Add more if you wish. You can find more at the bore watering day petition https://www.change.org/p/don-t-lose-a-bore-watering-day/c.
Try to avoid your submission being branded as just another “form submission”.
You can find the WA Government’s bore roster proposal at https://consult.dwer.wa.gov.au/water-policy/domestic-bore-roster/ . You can either complete the survey on the web page by copying and pasting your submission into the box marked 7 on the second page. Alternatively, you can submit your submission by email to gardenboreroster@dwer.wa.gov.au
Please make your own submission by Monday, 28 February. By email to secretary.banjup@gmail.com can you let us know if you have made a submission?
Thank you for your efforts.