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This policy and assistance scheme was made ongoing in October 2010.
The aim of this assistance scheme is to relieve genuine hardship in the community by replenishing essential private water supplies that have been used by fire services during bushfire emergencies.
CFA and DEPI firefighters have the legislative powers to take water from any waterway or water source for firefighting purposes.
The water owner can request water replacement under this scheme.
The water replacement scheme recognises that, while farmers understand the urgency of fire fighting, the drought situation means their basic water interests have to be protected too.
If taken for fire fighting purposes, a reasonable and sufficient volume of essential water will be provided to sustain the:
- health of affected residences and pets
- health and productivity of their stock.
To lodge a request for water replacement, please contact your Local Municipality within three months of the damage occurring.
Every effort will be made to replenish essential private water supplies within 48 hours of the affected landholder’s request, however this may take longer if fire fighting is still underway.
Essential Water Policy 2010-2011
[PDF File - 35.1 KB]
Essential Water Policy 2010-2011-accessible version
[MS Word Document - 172.0 KB]
Guidance document for Essential Water Policy 2011-2012
[PDF File - 202.7 KB]
Guidance document for Essential Water Policy 2011-2012
[MS Word Document - 868.0 KB]
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