Water licensing application forms and guides

Forms and guides to use when applying for a water licence or permit.

Last updated: 11 March 2024

Before applying

Please read the following information on water licence and permit applications:

Making an application

Applications are encouraged to be made via the Water Online customer portal.

While Water Online is the most efficient way to apply for and manage your licences, applications are also accepted on paper forms. For some types of applications, fees apply.

If you choose to apply by paper form, please ensure you:

have the correct application form(s) for your proposal
read the relevant application form guide
complete all relevant sections of the form (including all supporting evidence), sign it, and forward it to your local department office by post, fax or email
demonstrate that you have the authority to carry out the activities, including legal access to the site. Written evidence may be required.

If you need assistance completing your application, please contact us on 1800 508 885 or licence.enquiry@dwer.wa.gov.au.

Which application form(s) do I need?

New proposals	Apply online	Form and guide	Notes
To commence, construct, enlarge, deepen or alter a well	Yes	Form 1 Form 1 guide
To provide information on completion of a non-artesian well	Yes	Form 2
To provide information on completion of an artesian well	Yes	Form 2A
To take groundwater	Yes	Form 3G Form 3G guide	Form 1 and Form 3G applications may be submitted together.
To interfere or obstruct the bed and banks of a watercourse or wetland	Yes	Form 3P Form 3P guide	Form 3P and 3S applications may be submitted together. Supplementary information for permit applications to interfere with bed or banks of watercourses
To take surface water	Yes	Form 3S Form 3S guide	Form 3P and 3S applications may be submitted together.
Existing proposals	Yes
To amend or renew an existing licence to take groundwater	Yes	Form 3G Form 3G guide
To amend or renew an existing licence to take surface water	Yes	Form 3S Form 3S guide
To enter into an agreement to take water under an existing licence for a limited time	Yes	Form 4A Form 4A guide	Application fee of $200 applies. For more information about agreements.
To transfer a water entitlement or a water licence	Yes	Form 4T Form 4T guide	Application fee of $200 applies. More information about trades and transfers.
To notate, remove or vary a security interest	No	Form 5I	Application fee of $70 applies.
To notify the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation that a licence holder is not or may not be eligible to hold a licence	No	Form 6	To delay termination of a licence for up to six months. Read more information about trades, transfers and agreements.
To provide the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation a statutory declaration	No	Form 7	A statutory declaration may be used to provide evidence of proof of authority for an agent to sign an application form instead of the applicant.
Information to be provided on installation of a water meter	Yes	Form 8	Where the metering of water use is a requirement of a water licence, you must provide us with certain details regarding the installation of the water meter.

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