No Dam Access For Western Anglers

Anglers in Western Australia hoping to gain access to local water supply dams while boating have been left disappointed after making unsuccessful submissions to WA's Public Administration Committee. The committee put together the Report into Recreational Activities within Public Drinking Water Source Areas, released last week, which doesn't look favourably at rec fishing in water supplies.

It concluded that "The Committee finds that that humans recreating in source areas pose an unacceptable risk to drinking water quality. Recommendation 1: The Committee recommends no increase in the amount of current recreational activity in the outer catchments of public drinking water source areas.”

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