The Department is coordinating a multi-agency effort to develop an integrated land and water management plan for the Gnangara Mound. This plan will provide support for the Department of Water management plan for the Mound area.

The Gnangara Mound is the most valuable source of fresh water in the Perth Region. The sustainability of the resource and its ecological and socio-economic uses are under threat because water levels have fallen across most of the Mound since the mid 1970s. Through the State Water Strategy the Government has committed to develop and implement a sustainable management framework for land and water use on the Mound.

The Gnangara Water Plan is therefore being prioritised as a component of the Metro-Peel Regional Water Plan, for consultation in 2006 and delivery of a final plan in early 2007. This is due to the critical land and water use conflicts in this area and the importance of the Gnangara Mound from a public water supply perspective.

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