Useful Forms
& Information

DSE Groundwater Notes:- All you need to know about underground water and water bores.

DSE Water Resources Data Warehouse:- is a site dedicated to disseminating up-to-date information on Victoria’s water resources.

Our Water Our Future - Groundwater:- more information on ground water and its management. Has a link to a map of salinity levels around Melbourne.

Southern Rural Water Forms:

Fact Sheet:- what you need to obtain a BCL.

Price List:- of of SRW licence fees etc.

Bore Construction/Works Licence:-application form for construction of a new or replacement bore or alteration to an existing bore. Processing time is usually 7-10 days for stock and domestic bores (quicker if you fax forms in and ring with a credit card number). For details to help with completing this form, click here.

Bore Decommission Licence:- SRW application for licence to decommission a bore.

Golburn Murray Water Forms:

General Information:- notes on bores and groundwater.

Price List:- GMW fees and charges, Bore Construction Licence fees (page 2) and Take and Use fees (page 3).

Bore Construction/Works Licence:- application form for construction of a new or replacement bore or alteration to an existing bore. Processing time is about 8 weeks. For details to help with completing this form, click here.

Other GMW Forms:- various other GMW forms and fact sheets relating to groundwater.

 

Please contact your relevent water authority if you have any further enquiries about what licences you need to construct a bore and extract water from underground.