Water Register
Only current licences to take water are displayed on the register and the nature of the instrument is displayed as groundwater licences and surface water licences.
Water Register information changes daily, and is for general purposes only.
You can search for either:
- a property to see if there is a current licence associated with it
- a licence number to determine if it is valid
- a licensee to see if they hold a water licence.
The search can also be used to:
- identify the water resources on a property (for determining water availability for new licences)
- identify all the current water licences in a resource (to identify trading opportunities).
If you are unable to find the information you need, you can ask us to produce an extract from the register for you. Data requests incur a processing fee set at $25 for the first page of data and $1 for each additional page.
To request an extract, complete and submit the online form below. We will advise you of the applicable processing fee once we have assessed your request.
If you have difficulty accessing the register or require further information, email compass@dwer.wa.gov.au.
Check water availability and licences online from the Water Register
Disclaimer
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Accessibility
Show moreThe Water Register is produced by the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation. It allows you to search, view and print information about water availability and licences.
Accessible design
This website has been designed to be as accessible to as many users as possible, including:
- people with disabilities who may use assistive technologies
- those with slower internet connections or less than state of the art equipment
- rural and regional users
- those with non-PC internet devices including hand held devices and mobile phones.
Accessible features
The accessibility features available on this site include:
- instructions for resizing text
- skip links and a logical tab order to navigate using assistive technologies
- text-only page
- printer-friendly page.
Text resizing
Text on this site can be resized by:
- using the zoom and increase font options from your browser’s menu
- press the Ctrl key (Microsoft Windows) or the Apple key (Mac OS) on your keyboard and use the + or – key to zoom in and out
- press Ctrl on your keyboard and scroll with your mouse wheel.
Tab-based navigation and skip to links
This website allows full tab-based navigation:
- when you are on a menu item or hyperlink, press enter to activate
- hold down shift and tab to reverse the tab cycle
- at the top of each page there are options to skip to various areas of the page to assist users of screenreaders and users that are viewing the website zoomed in.
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Disability access and inclusion plan
The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation is committed to delivering services to all people with disabilities, their families and carers. View our Disability access and inclusion plan for more information.
