Standpipe information for Regional Shires

New regional standpipes can be requested through Builder Net by selecting 'Lodge a water service application'. 

Once the application has been processed and the applicable fees paid, a new water meter service will be installed to supply a regional standpipe. 

Please note: Water Corporation will install a water meter of the size and flow rate specified. The owners are responsible for installing infrastructure such as the overhead filling framework and card reader system if required. Owners are also responsible for ongoing maintenance and payment of accounts for water used through the water meter connected to the standpipe.

Fees and charges

For more information on current fees and charges, please refer to our fixed regional standpipes fees and charges. 

Please refer to the regional shire standpipes pricing FAQs for more information.

Regional fire standpipes

Some regional standpipes owned by local shires are only intended for firefighting and training. 

To prevent the misuse of dedicated fire standpipes, the following applies: 

• Access to dedicated firefighting standpipes in regional Western Australia must be restricted for fire-fighting or training purposes only; public/commercial use must be prevented at all times. 
• The method of restriction should be determined by the standpipe owner in consultation with those authorised to use it and based on local conditions. 
• Arrangements should be made to ensure access is easily provided in the event of an emergency. 
• Fire standpipe owners should also clearly mark or have signage to indicate the standpipe is for firefighting and training use only. 

Water Corporation will do everything possible to maintain scheme water supplies during a bushfire. However, water supply cannot be guaranteed and should not be relied upon as the primary source for firefighting purposes.

For more information, please contact building.services@watercorporation.com.au.

Claims

In some circumstances, local shires may need to make a claim to recover water use charges. These circumstances include:

• Claiming water back from a commercial standpipe if used for local government purposes, where use is less than 49 kilolitres per day
• Claiming water charges from a commercial standpipe used for firefighting or local government purposes
• Claiming water charges where Water Corporation has taken water from a shire-owned standpipe for operational purposes. 

To claim, please provide the following: 

• meter number 
• standpipe location 
• start and finish meter reads 
• calculation of water used 

Please email all claim information and supporting details to wateruse@watercorporation.com.au.

Processed claims will be paid as a credit in the next billing cycle on the standpipe account.

For use more than 49 kilolitres per day, call us on 13 13 95.