Rights in Water and Irrigation Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2009 (WA)

15 September 2009 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3599

WA302*

Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914

Rights in Water and Irrigation Amendment

Regulations (No. 2) 2009

Made by the Governor in Executive Council under the Water Agencies
(Powers) Act 1984 section 37 and the Rights in Water and Irrigation
Act 1914.

1.             Citation

These regulations are the Rights in Water and Irrigation
Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2009.

2.             Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)	regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

3.             Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Rights in Water and Irrigation
Regulations 2000.

4.             Schedule 3 amended

Delete Schedule 3 Form 2 and insert:

Form 2

[r. 39]

Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914

Water Agencies (Powers) Act 1984

Information to be provided under the

Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914 s. 26E after constructing

or deepening a non-artesian well

Part 1: Details of any licence granted for the work under the Rights
in Water and Irrigation Act 1914 section 26D
Licence
No:

Licensee’s full name

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Part 2: Details of the person who carried out the work

Company, corporate, trading
or business name of person

who carried out the work

(Full name)

Driller’s

name	........................................................................................................
(Full name)
Postal  Address:	........................................................................................................
Business  Phone:	........................................................................................................
Business  Fax:	........................................................................................................
Mobile Phone:	........................................................................................................
Email:	........................................................................................................

Part 3: Location of well

Property address of well

Well coordinates: … GPS reading … Estimate

Zone	Easting/	Northing/
Latitude	Longitude

Datum GPS

reliability

Location plan: please sketch below a plan showing the position of the well in relation to buildings, boundaries, roads, nearest cross roads and any other features or information to assist in locating the well.*

Part 4: Construction details
Note: All measurements to be taken from ground level.

Well construction diagram: please sketch below a diagram showing the construction of the well.*

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Production casing details

Diameter Wall thickness

Material Nominal Depth

O.D (mm) (mm)

bore From (m) To (m)

Screens/slots

Screens/slot	Diameter	Aperture	Top of	Bottom of
(Type)	O.D (mm)	(mm)	screen (m)	screen (m)

Gravel pack details

Gravel size (mm) From (m) To (m)

Annular fill

Material Type	From (m)	To (m)
Cementing detail

… Pressure cement grouted … Tremmie

Casing diameter Depth

(mm O.D) From (m) To (m)

Total Geophysical … Yes … Yes

Geophysical

depth log required log taken? (If

drilled as condition … No … No

so, attach log

(from	of licence?	and contractor
ground	details)
level)

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From	To	Strata description.*
(m)	(m)

Part 5: Particulars of well
Well name /

number

Drilling start1 Drilling completion2

1.	Drilling start date refers to the date	2.	Drilling completion date includes well
drilling begins. Do not include set up	development and testing.
date.
Drilling	… Rotary air	… Cable tool … Auger	… Rotary mud

method used	… Sludge	… Other (specify) _____________________
Final status	… Ready to operate	… Decommissioned

of well	… Other (specify) __________________________________
Purpose	… Production … Investigation … Monitoring
(use) of well	… Other (specify) __________________________________

Part 6: Well development

Date	Duration of
(dd/mm/yy)	development ................ hours
Method	… Airlift … Pump … Jetting … Surging

Development pump rate (e.g. L/s, m3/day)

Part 7: Pump testing (If applicable)

Date start	Date end	Duration
(dd/mm/yy)	(dd/mm/yy)	of test ........... hours

… Step test … Constant rate … Other

Constant rate -	Pump type (e.g.
m3/day)	Pump rate (e.g.	submersible)
Water rest level prior to test (m)
Measurements taken from … Top of casing (TOC)	… Ground level (GL)

… Other (specify) __________________________

Elevation of measurement	… GPS	… Estimate
reference point if known

(metres AHD) … Other (specify) ________________________

Final drawdown	m	Recommended supply (e.g.
m3/day)

Final drawdown is the distance between the static water level measured prior to the test and the water level measured at the end of the pumping test.

Comments ...............................................................................................................

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Part 8: Field samples

Collection method

(e.g. pump test, airlift)

Conductivity	… Temperature compensated	pH
(e.g. mS/m)	… Temperature uncompensated
Water temperature at test

Comments ...............................................................................................................

Part 9: Lab samples

Lab samples TDS Please submit samples

… Yes

taken (Please	(e.g. mg/l)	separately to form if not
attach)	… No	received before the one month submission deadline.

Part 10: Water levels

SWL m Water cut at m

(Static water level)

Measurements	… Top of casing (TOC)	… Ground level (GL)
taken from

… Other (specify) _______________________________

Date of reading

(dd/mm/yy)

Comments ...............................................................................................................

Part 11: Declaration and signature

An individual who

Capacity of person making

declaration	carried out the work.
[tick one box]	An officer who is a

director or secretary of a
corporation that carried out

the work.

other [describe]

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I, ______(name of person making declaration) declare that the information provided on this form is true and correct.

__________________________________

Signature of person making declaration

_____________________

Date

* If there is insufficient space, please use, and attach, a separate page.

By Command of the Governor,

R. KENNEDY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

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