The purpose of the Gnangara Horticulture Water Use Efficiency Grants Program is to assist primary producers with commercial horticulture businesses in the Gnangara groundwater allocation plan area to implement water use efficiency measures in their businesses.

The WA Government is providing funding for eligible commercial WA horticultural businesses for a suite of water use efficiency activities. This initiative will support horticultural groundwater users that are subject to the 10 per cent reduction to abstraction from 2028 under the Gnangara groundwater allocation plan.

The funding consists of grants to implement water use efficiency activities and a voucher program to engage a water efficiency expert for specialist advice to develop a plan to implement water use efficiency measures. See details below and in the guidelines. 

The Grants Program opened on Tuesday 7 December 2021 and will close on 30 June 2025, or when funds are fully committed. Applications will be assessed in the order they are submitted.

Any of the following listed activities may be funded:

• Modifications to irrigation systems that increase the distribution uniformity;
• Changing from sprinkler to drip irrigation;
• Purchase and implementation of soil and/or crop sensor technology; crop monitoring equipment and annual data hosting fees;
• Installation of protected cropping options, which may include greenhouses, glasshouses, shade houses, windbreaks, or permanent netting;
• Soil amelioration strategies and inputs.

Who is eligible to apply?

To be eligible to apply, you will need to demonstrate:

• you own, share-farm or lease a property that you use for commercial horticulture production (lessee of property must provide landlord consent in writing)
• your commercial horticultural property is located in the eligible groundwater subareas (see map in Appendix 1), and is subject to the 10 per cent reduction to groundwater abstraction from 2028 under the 2022 Gnangara groundwater allocation plan
• you conduct the majority of your primary production business in Western Australia
• you operate as a sole trader, partnership, trust or private company
• you hold a current Australian Business Number (ABN) and are registered for GST.
• your business is a commercial primary production business (as defined by the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997).

• Email: gnangaragrants@dpird.wa.gov.au