Authorities have no idea how much water is being pulled from WA aquifers

'Poor management': regulator in hot water over licences

A regulator has no idea how much water 12,000 licence holders are pumping from the aquifers in the nation's largest state.

Four trillion litres of water extracted yearly in WA without proper oversight

A blistering audit finds the government agency tasked with managing Western Australia's water is "not doing anywhere near enough" to protect the resource amid a drying climate.

Auditor-general slams WA's water regulator as report exposes lack of ...

Report reveals failures of WA’s water regulator

The state’s water regulator is in the dark on the extent of groundwater abstraction and compliance breaches in WA, according to a scathing report.