Protecting water quality
Best management practices
The department prepares guidance documents that recommend best management practices for various land uses and activities within and near public drinking water source areas. Landowners, operators and developers can use these documents to help protect water quality and public health.
- Water quality protection notes
- Water quality protection guidelines
- Brochures and water quality information sheets
The relevant document can be located via publications search or by selecting notes, guidelines, or brochures and information sheets.
Educational tools
Educational materials for schools and the community about protecting drinking water quality and public health are also available.
Posters
- Consequences of historic land use planning on groundwater
- Groundwater quality impacts associated with urbanisation
- Protecting groundwater to ensure safe drinking water supplies
- Quality of drinking water supplied to Aboriginal communities
- Recreation in the Perth Hills and South West - map of PDWSAs
Papers
Protecting drinking water - A resource for secondary school
- Information for teachers
- Student workbook
- Water cycle broadsheet
- Groundwater broadsheet
- Water catchments broadsheet