Water and Rivers Commission

The Water and Rivers Commission is a defunct agency of the Government of Western Australia.[1] Established on 1 January 1996, it was set up under the Water and Rivers Commission Act 1995, to administer the Act and other legislation relevant to development and conservation of Western Australia's water resources.

It was eventually amalgamated with the Department of Environmental Protection and Western Australia's Keep Australia Beautiful Council to form the Department of Environment. This was later merged with the Department of Conservation and Land Management to form the Department of Environment and Conservation. Water responsibilities were split off into a separate Department of Water and in July 2017, a new Department merging environment regulatory functions with water management was formed, the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation.[2]

References

Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology. "Western Australian Water and Rivers Commission - Corporate Body - Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation". www.eoas.info. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology. "Western Australian Department of Water - Corporate Body - Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation". www.eoas.info. Retrieved 16 September 2022.

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[1] Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology. "Western Australian Water and Rivers Commission - Corporate Body - Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation". www.eoas.info. Retrieved 16 September 2022.

[2] Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology. "Western Australian Department of Water - Corporate Body - Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation". www.eoas.info. Retrieved 16 September 2022.