A review of recreation in drinking water catchments in South Western Australia.

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This report was commissioned by DEC and DSR to address divergent views on Policy 13 and provide an independent, balanced analysis of the information available in relation to recreation in drinking water catchments. The report focuses on legislative and management issues associated with the review of public drinking water supply area (PDWSA) zoning in the Southwest of Western Australia.

The Review of Statewide Policy 13 includes elements relating to exclusion of recreation from PDWSAs as a means for minimising risk to drinking water supply quality. The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) and Department of Sport and Recreation (DSR) have concerns in Relation to the review in terms of access to public land, how this might function in the current legislative context and how control of access may be subsequently applied in practice. Stated elements of the review to public access are considered to contravene some of the core functions of DEC as a manager of public lands for recreational access.

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