Public Drinking Water Source Areas (DWER-033)

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

Public drinking water source areas (PDWSAs) are surface water catchments and groundwater areas that provide drinking water to cities, towns and communities throughout the state. PDWSAs are proclaimed under the Metropolitan Water Supply, Sewerage, and Drainage Act 1909 or the Country Areas Water Supply Act 1947. Groundwater sources are normally referred to as underground water pollution control areas or water reserves. Surface water sources are generally referred to as catchment areas. The PDWSA dataset is used by the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation in policy decision-making and for providing advice about protecting drinking water quality when land uses and activities are proposed in PDWSAs. This dataset was formerly known as Public Drinking Water Source Areas (DOW-007)

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Title Public Drinking Water Source Areas (DWER-033)
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/504bc398-965d-45f9-9270-a0ce757c4f8b
Remote Last Updated 23/06/2025
Contact Point
Reference Period 08/12/2015
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      ],
      [
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      ],
      [
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      ],
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      ],
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  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Western Australia Government

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Western Australia Government "Public Drinking Water Source Areas (DWER-033)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/public-drinking-water-source-areas