About Harvey Water

Harvey Water is the trading name of the irrigation water provider cooperative serving its 558 member irrigators in the Shires of Waroona, Harvey and Dardanup. It is a fully private organisation which was privatised from the Water Corporation in 1996 as a result of the COAG and NCP policies. 

The Harvey Water Irrigation Area (HWIA) is located to the west of the Darling Scarp on the Swan Coastal Plain, approximately 100 km south of Perth. It covers an area of 112,000 hectares (around 75 long and 15 km wide) in three Irrigation districts: Waroona, Harvey and Collie. 

There are currently around 10,000 ha of land under permanent irrigation for dairy farming, beef grazing and horticulture, with a total irrigable area of approx 30,000 ha. The irrigable area and value of output could be further increased with the introduction of an enhanced delivery system, improved irrigation technologies and new crops with support from new investors. Total GVAP from the irrigation area is estimated at $100 million per annum (2001).