Water Bore Drilling prices in Mildura
This page sets no price: no government source we can show states what a bore costs in Mildura, and a figure from a sales page would be the seller's number, not yours. It shows where the Victorian sources attach tests, distances or questions to a bore, each with its source.
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What the Victorian Building and Plumbing Commission, the Victorian Government, the Victorian Water Register, Lower Murray Water, the Murray-Darling Basin Authority and the Bureau of Meteorology say that bears on a household or garden bore around Mildura, each with the page it comes from and the date it was read. Check your address with Lower Murray Water before drilling.
| Rule | Applies to | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The Victorian Building and Plumbing Commission says the quality of bore water in Victoria varies, from drinking water supplies to water that can only be used for irrigation, gardens, livestock and industry, and that it is essential to test bore water to determine if it is appropriate to use.About bore water quality and testing | any bore | Victorian Building and Plumbing Commission: Bore water · read |
| The Commission says a reticulated water system supplied by a water authority must be used for human consumption, food preparation, food utensil washing and personal hygiene.About bore water quality and testing | a bore at a house on town supply | Victorian Building and Plumbing Commission: Bore water · read |
| The Commission says an appropriate backflow prevention device must be installed to protect the drinking water supply from the bore water.About bore water quality and testing | a bore connected anywhere near the drinking supply | Victorian Building and Plumbing Commission: Bore water · read |
| The Commission says new bores should always be sited as far as possible away from potential contamination sources, such as drainage lines, feedlots and septic tanks. It lists protecting the bore from livestock with fencing, allowing at least a 50 metre clear zone around the bore, and sealing the bore to prevent surface water or shallow ground water from contaminating the ground water.About where to put a bore | a new bore | Victorian Building and Plumbing Commission: Bore water · read |
| The Commission says you should keep detailed records of your bore, its construction and performance to monitor its efficiency and to determine reasons for any problems that may occur.About where to put a bore | any bore | Victorian Building and Plumbing Commission: Bore water · read |
| The Victorian Government's water.vic.gov.au says the groundwater within aquifers varies in quality from fresh drinking water to saltier than seawater, so the water a bore finds cannot be assumed from a neighbour's or a map.About bore water quality and testing | any bore | Victorian Government (water.vic.gov.au): Understanding groundwater · read |
| The Victorian Government says shallow groundwater resources can be connected to surface waters and can be affected by drought and climate change, and that deep groundwater reserves are more resilient to changes in rainfall.About where to put a bore | a shallow or a deep bore | Victorian Government (water.vic.gov.au): Understanding groundwater · read |
| The Victorian Water Register says a report summarising the aquifers and groundwater salinity in any Victorian location can be generated from the Groundwater Resource Reports page on the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action website, and water.vic.gov.au says its groundwater resources map locates information for any aquifer in Victoria. This site does not read the map for your address.About bore water quality and testing | any bore | Victorian Water Register: Groundwater · read Victorian Government (water.vic.gov.au): Groundwater resource reports · read |
| The Victorian Water Register says use of groundwater resources in a defined management area may be restricted by orders made by the Minister for Water. Whether your address is in such an area is not stated on this site.About before you drill | a bore in a defined management area | Victorian Water Register: Groundwater · read |
| The Mallee Regional Catchment Strategy says proper capping and decommissioning of old bores is important to protect the water quality of the Murray Group Limestone Aquifer, and that older stock and domestic bores drilled into that aquifer are likely to deteriorate as the steel casing corrodes. Its example is the Murrayville Groundwater Management Area, where failed or failing bores threaten water quality; it does not say where else this applies.About closing down an old bore | an old bore on the property | Mallee Regional Catchment Strategy: Key drivers of change · read |
| Lower Murray Water's bore completion report and drill log form has sections for casing details, particulars of strata, and cementing, gravel pack or annular fill details. Ask who completes it for your bore, and ask for a copy.About before you drill | a new bore | Lower Murray Water: bore completion report and drill log form · read |
| The Murray-Darling Basin Authority says salt interception schemes involve pumps that divert salty groundwater away from rivers and into evaporating basins, that fourteen have been installed at locations in the Basin where groundwater is particularly high in salt, and it lists Mildura-Merbein as one of them. It does not map the salt to any address.About salty groundwater | a bore near Mildura or Merbein | Murray-Darling Basin Authority: Salinity · read |
| The Bureau of Meteorology's table for Mildura Airport gives a mean annual rainfall of 285.1 mm over 80 years of readings from 1946, and the Victorian Water Accounts say average annual rainfall decreases north to below 300 mm at Mildura. It is one airport's record and says nothing about what a bore at a given address will find.About salty groundwater | a bore at Mildura | Bureau of Meteorology: Climate statistics for Mildura Airport (station 076031) · read Victorian Water Accounts (DEECA): Mallee basin · read |
| The Victorian Government, the Building and Plumbing Commission and Lower Murray Water each state a formal permission that must be obtained through the local or rural water authority before a bore more than three metres deep is constructed, altered or decommissioned (their exact words are in the quotes in the research record). Ask Lower Murray Water what applies to your bore before anyone drills.About before you drill | a bore more than three metres deep | Victorian Building and Plumbing Commission: Bore water · read Victorian Government (water.vic.gov.au): Accessing groundwater · read Lower Murray Water: groundwater bore page · read |
| The Victorian Government says anyone who wants to extract groundwater, except for domestic and stock purposes, must apply for a formal permission to take and use it (its exact words are in the quote).About before you drill | a bore for a use other than domestic and stock | Victorian Government (water.vic.gov.au): Accessing groundwater · read |
| Lower Murray Water says no formal permission is needed to take water from a bore for domestic and stock purposes, and that a bore less than three metres deep does not need a works permission (its exact words are in the quotes).About before you drill | a bore for domestic and stock use | Lower Murray Water: groundwater bore page · read |
| The Commission says the connection of the drinking water supply to the bore water supply needs to be installed by a plumber who holds the credential the Commission names (its exact words are in the quote).About bore water quality and testing | a bore connected to the drinking supply | Victorian Building and Plumbing Commission: Bore water · read |
| Lodge a Before You Dig Australia enquiry before digging. It is free to lodge; in some instances, asset owners may charge to supply information.About before you drill | any job value | Before You Dig Australia, FAQs · read |
This lists each source's own lines as read; it is not legal advice, and it sets no price. Ask Lower Murray Water what applies to your bore before anyone drills.
What changes a quote
What the bore is for comes first, because the Commission says the way you can use bore water depends on its quality. How the water tests comes second: water that can only be used for irrigation, gardens, livestock and industry is a different job from water you hope to use more widely. Where the bore goes comes third, since the Commission says to site a new bore as far as possible from drainage lines, feedlots and septic tanks, to fence it from stock with at least a 50 metre clear zone and to seal it. A pump and its connections are separate jobs again. An old bore on the property may need closing down.
Fees a government body sets
This site states no fee set by any government body: ask Lower Murray Water what applies to your bore before anyone drills. No source we can show sets a price for drilling, so ask the provider for a written quote and what it assumes.
Costs and fees by service
- Water Bore Drilling
- Bore Water Quality and Testing
- Where to Put a Bore
- Before You Drill: Who to Ask
- Closing Down an Old Bore
- Salty Groundwater Around Mildura
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