07d367da-6f08-405c-835e-fa13063bc909 urn:uuid en UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2025-06-23T03:25:50 creation ISO 19115 2016 RIWI Act, Surface Water Areas and Irrigation Districts (DWER-037) 07d367da-6f08-405c-835e-fa13063bc909 The Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914 provides the Governor of Western Australia the power to proclaim or prescribe through regulation a Surface Water Area. A Surface Water Area is proclaimed for the purposes of regulating the taking of water from watercourses and wetlands. An area is proclaimed, or prescribed through regulations, where there is a need for systematic management of the use of water. The proclamation is made on the recommendation of the Department and must first be tabled before both Houses of Parliament. Proclaiming or prescribing an area has the effect of allowing the use of water for commercial activity under a licence. Where an area has been proclaimed, the provisions of Division 1B of Part III of the Act apply to surface water in that area. This allows comprehensive management of water uses in that area. This dataset defines the boundaries which are proclaimed as Irrigation Districts (IDs) under the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act, 1914 (RIWI Act). In addition to the boundary definition within the Act these areas are subject to Division 1B of the Act which implements licensing of water use from watercourses and wetlands in the area. Irrigation districts are areas where the Water Corporation or another service provider may construct work and supply water to land owners for irrigation purposes. This dataset is the result of combining three existing datasets; RIWI Areas, RIWI Irrigation Districts and RIWI Surface Water Areas. It replaces all three. This dataset was formerly known as RIWI Act, Surface Water Areas and Irrigation Districts (DOW-019) {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[113.46002383500002, -35.09307149499995], [129.00127897900006, -35.09307149499995], [129.00127897900006, -15.263710120999974], [113.46002383500002, -15.263710120999974], [113.46002383500002, -35.09307149499995]]]} 113.46002383500002 129.00127897900006 -35.09307149499995 -15.263710120999974 Boundaries Administrative DWER Water Water Supply Water Surface RIWI Act, Surface Water Areas and Irrigation Districts documentDigital Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) Metadata Statement TXT Shapefile documentDigital This resource provides the latest snapshot of the dataset as a shapefile. Shapefiles can be opened in many spatial and non-spatial software packages. Note: When accessing this resource you will be prompted to signup for a free SLIP account. SHP File Geodatabase documentDigital This resource provides the latest snapshot of the dataset as a File Geodatabase. Note: When accessing this resource you will be prompted to signup for a free account. FGDB GeoJSON documentDigital This resource provides the latest snapshot of the dataset as GeoJSON. GeoJSON can be opened in many spatial and non-spatial software packages. Note: When accessing this resource you will be prompted to signup for a free account. GeoJSON Geopackage documentDigital This resource provides the latest snapshot of the dataset as a GeoPackage. Note: When accessing this resource you will be prompted to signup for a free account. GeoPackage Licence Agreement documentDigital DWER Active Acceptance Licence Agreement PDF Web Feature Service documentDigital Web Feature Service (WFS) provides an interface that allows requests for geographical features across the web using platform independent calls. WFS allows a user to download and spatially analyse the features within a datset. This service is aimed at advanced geographical information users, and will require access to geographical information system (GIS) software such as QGIS and ArcGIS. WFS ArcGIS Server Map Service documentDigital An ArcGIS Server Map Service offers access to a geographic dataset - such as a map or imagery - by providing a set of tiled images for use in web-based maps. Depending on the capabilities enabled, this web service may also allow a client to dynamically draw, search, and query its features. This service is aimed at advanced geographical information users, and will require access to geographical information system (GIS) software such as ArcGIS and QGIS. API ArcGIS Server Map Service Web Mapping Service documentDigital Web Map Service (WMS) is a standard protocol for serving georeferenced map images over the internet that are generated by a map server using data from a GIS database. WMS allows a user to spatially visualise the dataset, and query individual features, but does not allow downloading the raw data. This service is aimed at advanced geographical information users, and will require access to geographical information system (GIS) software such as QGIS and ArcGIS. WMS