Your BORE Licence, Handled. Before DWER Comes Asking.
One visit a year covers your meter, annual return and bore health check. From $2,900/year.
Your water meter, your annual return, and your bore, in one visit.
Most 5C licence holders fit their own meter, guess the readings, and rush the return the same week they're trying to get a crop off. DWER's new risk-based compliance program is actually checking now.
Approved meter: supplied and verified
Annual return: prepared and lodged on time
health check: Full bore and pump , once a year
We answer DWER for you if they query a return we lodged
An old pump doesn't stop working.
It quietly gets more expensive.
Nothing on your farm tells you when a pump starts running below its rated duty point. It just shows up as a bigger power bill, one megalitre at a time.
It's worth knowing that a 26D licence (to construct your bore) and a 5C licence (to take water) are controlled separately. Holding one doesn't guarantee the other, and it's easy to assume "we've got a bore" means "we're covered."
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Around 44% of WA water licences carry a meter and reporting condition, and those licences cover roughly 90% of all licensed water in the state.
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Meters have to be an approved type, and installed before water is taken. Plenty weren't
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Licences above 10,000kL must meter every bore and report readings within 30 days of the end of the water year.
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None of it matters until the department asks. Now they're asking more often.
WHY A DRILLER AND A COMPLIANCE FIRM AREN'T ENOUGH ON THEIR OWN
A consultant can lodge your paperwork.
A driller can pull a pump.
AustralindWBC does both.
Our Managing Director, Bradd Hamersley, was CEO of Harvey Water and led the joint venture behind the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant. He's sat on the regulator's side of the licensing process, run the utility, and drilled the bores. When we tell you what DWER will look at, it's because we've been the ones doing the looking.
Single Bore plan FROM $2,900/year.
THE WATER LICENCE & BORE PLAN, ONCE A YEAR, ONE VISIT
Multi-bore properties and larger operations (five or more bores, or a licence over 10,000kL) sit on different tiers. We'll tell you which one fits on the call.
Pump and bore repair work, if you need it, is quoted separately and never bundled into the annual plan.
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Approved meter supplied, fitted and verified, or your existing meter checked against the approved-type requirement.
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Monthly readings captured for you, annual return prepared and lodged on time, every year.
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Full check: flow rate, drawdown, casing and screen condition, water quality trend (iron, salinity, pH).
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Tested against its rated duty point, with a real dollar figure on what any shortfall is costing you per megalitre.
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A written record that stands up to an inspection.
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If the department queries a return we prepared, we handle it at no charge.
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Attended within 48 hours in season, plus 10% off parts.
OUR GUARANTEES
The pump
We test your pump against its rated duty point. If it's running within 10% of spec and there's nothing worth fixing, your first year's fee is refunded.
The response
Attended within 48 hours in season, or that year's plan fee is credited back.
The correspondence
If DWER queries a return we lodged, we handle it. No separate bill.
A 15-minute video call, no site visit required
THE FREE CHECK: WHAT HAPPENS ON THE CALL
There's no obligation, and no charge either way. If you're not sure the plan fits your situation yet, a one-off Bore Health Check is available too, and it's credited in full if you take the plan afterwards.
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Do you have a metering condition on your 5C? That alone tells us where you stand.
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We screen-share what's on file for your property and what's likely under the ground.
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Whether your current setup would meet a DWER inspection, and what it would cost to close any gaps.
WHO WE WORK WITH
Agribusiness and irrigation
Farms, graziers, market gardens, nurseries, turf farms, orchards, vineyards.
Commercial and institutional
Golf courses, caravan parks, school ovals, sporting grounds, shires.
Government and utilities
Licensing, monitoring and reporting on infrastructure projects.
Plus over 4,000 water wells completed across Western Australia, and ADIA Class 1-3 licensed drillers reducing reliance on subcontractors.
Frequently Asked Questions
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A 26D licence covers the physical bore itself: construction, alteration, production, monitoring or exploration. A 5C licence covers your entitlement to take water, measured in kilolitres per year. They're controlled separately, so holding one doesn't guarantee the other.
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If your 5C licence carries a metering and reporting condition, yes, and we can check that with you on the free call in a couple of minutes.
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We check whether your meter, records and bore setup meet the requirements of your licence condition. We're not the regulator, and this isn't a legal opinion. It's a practical, written assessment against what's required. For a definitive position on your licence, DWER or a water lawyer is the right call.
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We'll tell you exactly what we find against the requirements, meter status, records, bore condition, and what it would take to close any gaps. What you do with that is up to you.
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Then the inspection is free, we tell you so, and our pump guarantee applies. We don't manufacture problems to sell parts.
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No. The plan is priced and billed on its own. Any pump or bore work is quoted separately, so you always know what you're paying for what.
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The Single Bore plan covers one licensed bore. Properties with two or more bores, or a licence over 10,000kL, sit on a different tier with extra reporting and tracking built in. We'll confirm which one applies on the call.
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No. The first call is a 15-minute video call. We only come to your property once we've scoped what's needed.