Western Australia: Bottled Water Industry Extraction Map

Responsible use of water, one of Western Australia’s most precious resources, must be a top priority for all users of the state’s groundwater, be they households, agriculture or other industries including the bottled water sector. Ensuring the long-term health of every water source is in everyone’s interest, and the bottled water industry in Western Australia is committed to world class standards of sustainability and responsible management of the water it uses.

The bottled water industry map for Western Australia is an initiative of the Australian Beverages Council in collaboration with Western Australia’s Department of Water and Environmental Regulation. The map was developed to provide greater transparency on the less than one percent of total groundwater used by the bottled water industry.

ML = Megalitres

• The bottled and packaged water industry contributes approximately $100 million to the economy each year
• Adult men should drink 2.6 litres and adult women should drink 2.1 litres of fluid a day (including plain water, milk and other drinks)
• About 4 in 10 of us don’t drink enough water each day
• The bottled water industry only extracts 38% of the total amount of water licensed or permitted to be extracted in Western Australia.