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The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation manages and regulates WA's environment and water resources to support the community, economy & environment.

Joondalup, Perth (WA)
Joined July 2015
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@DWER_WA
DWER WA
9 hours
Join us for the #FirstNationsClimateResilience Project! Your voice matters—come have a yarn across Western Australia. ➡️Register on our website: . #HaveYourSay #ClimateAdaptionStrategy #CaringForCountry #ClimateChange
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Congratulations to the 39 #WasteSorted Awards finalists!. Winners will be announced at the gala award ceremony on 11 September. ➡️ For more information, visit: #WasteSortedAwards2025 #WasteEducation #WasteSortedAwards
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The Honourable Don Punch Minister for Aboriginal Affairs; Water; Climate Resilience; South West announced $10 million in new funding for community catchment groups as part of the #HealthyEstuariesWA. Visit . #climateresilience #WAestuaries #sustainableag
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Exciting news from #AMOS2025. In June Dr. Muhammad Omer, one of our senior climate modellers for the Climate Science Initiative (#CSI), presented on regional climate modelling for south-west WA. Insights from the CSI will help communities adapt to a changing #climate.
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🛍️ It’s International Plastic Bag Free Day!. Choose unpackaged produce and bring your own reusable bags to cut plastic at the source. Small swaps = big impact for WA’s environment 🌱. #PlasticBagFreeDay #PlasticFreeJuly #WasteStrategy2030
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26 days
1,300 pieces & 66kg of #litter was removed from North Cottesloe beach on Monday. #KABCWA teamed up with Eco Surf Australia & students from PLC, Scotch College & MLC for the 7th #PlasticFreeJuly #BeachCleanup. Nearly ¾ tonne of litter has been removed from this beach in 7 years!
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WasteSorted Community Education Grants Now Open! 🎉. Apply now to help #reducewaste in Western Australia through the #WasteSortedGrants ‒ Community Education 2025‒26 program. Closes Monday 11 August at 12 noon. More info: #CommunityProjects #GrantsWA
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🎉 Plastic Free July starts TODAY!. It’s your chance to say no to single-use plastics and yes to a cleaner WA. Let’s reduce our use of disposables, one habit at a time 💚. More: #PlasticFreeJuly #WasteSorted
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28 days
City of Rockingham is now the 25th council to roll out the #FOGO system. Starting today 57,400 more households can easily recycle their food & garden waste into #compost. This is a win for #WesternAustralia’s #CircularEconomy. More:
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Congratulations to the 29 schools selected for funding through our #WasteSorted Schools Grants Program. They will share in more than $112,000 to support initiatives that help avoid and recover waste in #WesternAustralia. More: #WasteAuthorityWA
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The Middle Canning River surface water allocation plan: 2024 evaluation statement is now out, highlighting the growing challenge of maintaining #RiverFlow as #ClimateChange brings hotter, drier conditions. More: #ClimateResilience #WaterwiseWA
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Congratulations to Sharon Oxenham, recipient of the Aboriginal Empowerment Award. She is recognised for her leadership and mentorship in advancing #Aboriginal #empowerment in water management under the Yamatji Nation Indigenous Land Use Agreement.
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1 month
On UN Public Service Day we celebrate and recognise 116 staff members who have reached milestones ranging from 10 to 40 years in the public sector, at our annual Woola staff recognition awards. More about this day: #UNPublicService #ServiceToHumanity
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1 month
We're currently in the #Makuru (winter) season on Noongar Boodja (country), located in the South West of Australia. Watch #Noongar man Jason Barrow discuss the natural indicators of this season: #NoongarMakuru #NoongarSeasons #WesternAustralia.
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Adrian Wiley, our Executive Director of #CircularEconomy in the Climate and Sustainability Portfolio, spoke yesterday at CEDA’s (Committee for Economic Development of Australia) WA power start event. Adrian spoke about #WesternAustralia’s circular economy vision and priorities.
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Global Wind Day (15 June) showcased the potential of wind power to reshape energy systems, decarbonise economies and fuel jobs and growth. DWER’s Green Energy team is driving renewables, backing wind projects in Kondinin & Dandaragan. More: #WorkingInWind
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DWER WA
2 months
Entries for the 2025 Tidy Towns Sustainable Communities Awards are open!. From recycling and waste management to youth leadership categories - the awards highlight local efforts to make our communities cleaner, greener, and more connected. Enter now 👉
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2 months
☀️ The sun was shining as the Keep Australia Beautiful WA team celebrated @UNWorldOceansDay with a beach cleanup on Rottnest/Wadjemup!. 🧹 They removed 1,914 litter items (46kg!), including 1,093 plastic bits, 169 rope scraps & 134 plastic film pieces. Let’s #BeatPlasticPollution
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2 months
This #WorldEnvironmentDay, let's tackle plastic pollution at its source — single-use plastics. WA’s Plan for Plastics leads the way. Dine in, bring your reusable cups and rethink our plastic footprint. 🌏💚. Learn more: #BeatPlasticPollution.
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2 months
We joined our Senior Aboriginal Leadership Team for a weaving workshop as part of #NRW2025. The activity was led by our talented Senior Aboriginal Advisor Deanne Fitzgerald who taught us how to make fibre art from raffia strands.
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