Corporate Body

Western Australian Water and Rivers Commission (1996 - 2008)

State of Western Australia

From: 1996
To: 2008
Functions: Regulatory Body
Reference No: State Records Office of WA Agency ID: AU WA A898

Summary

In 1996 a number of water related government organisations were merged to form the Water and Rivers Commission (1996 - 2008). This merger saw the unification of the Hydrology and Groundwater Resources branch of the Department of Mineral and Energy, the Western Australian Water Resource Council and the Waterways Commission into a single department. From 2005 onwards the Water and Rivers Commission was overseen by the Department of Environment (2004 - 2006) and then the Water Department (2005 - 2017) which formally replaced the Water and Rivers Commission in 2008.

Timeline

1976 - 1995 Western Australian Waterways Commission
       1996 - 2008 Western Australian Water and Rivers Commission
             2005 - 2017 Western Australian Department of Water
                   2017 - Western Australian Department of Water and Environmental Regulation

Superior

State of Western Australia (1901 - )
Western Australian Department of Environment, State of Western Australia (2004 - 2006)
The Waters and Rivers Commission operated under the Department of Environment in mid-late 2005.

Date: 2005

Published resources

Resource Sections

'Water and Rivers Commission', in Agency Details, State Records Office of Western Australia, Western Australian Government, https://archive.sro.wa.gov.au/index.php/water-and-rivers-commission-au-wa-a898. Details

Elizabeth Daniels

Created: 6 August 2019, Last modified: 2 March 2023

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