You will need this permit if you intend to undertake certain activities that may potentially have adverse impacts on the condition of water resources. Water resources include watercourses, lakes, dams, floodplains, groundwater, springs, wetlands, waterholes and catchment landscapes.
Water affecting activities that may require a permit include, but are not limited to:
- constructing or enlarging dams or structures to collect or divert water
- building, obstructing or depositing solid materials in a watercourse, lake or floodplain
- draining or discharging water or brine into a watercourse, lake or well
- excavating material from a watercourse, lake or floodplain
- destroying vegetation in a watercourse, lake or floodplain
- drilling, deepening and back filling wells, bores and groundwater access trenches
- using effluent or water imported to an area for commercial activities.
Water affecting activities are regulated under South Australia's nine landscape boards. To find the right permit and application process, visit the website of the relevant landscape board for your area.
