Water Bore Drilling in Yenda
Yenda has flooded badly enough to be studied. The NSW SES flood portal says that in March 2012 the community was severely impacted when Mirrool Creek flood water overtopped irrigation works and spilled into the Main Drain J catchment. For a bore, the question that follows is what happens at the casing top if water reaches it.
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Water Bore Drilling around Yenda
The flood study describes the catchment as flat open farmland in its lower reaches around Yenda, Yoogali and Hanwood. The national document that the NSW Department's decommissioning rule points to, Minimum Construction Requirements for Water Bores in Australia (fourth edition, 2020, published by South Australia's Department for Environment and Water), says: "If the bore is located in an area of potential flooding, the casing should be raised above flood level. If this is not feasible, it should be completely sealed to prevent the entry of floodwater." Two cautions. "Should" is that document's word, and this site read it at South Australia's publisher, so it does not say NSW requires it. And a flood record for Yenda is not a flood level for any address.
So when a provider quotes for a bore at Yenda, ask where the top of the casing will sit relative to the ground and whether it will be raised or sealed, and ask the Department which rules apply at your address. This site has not worked through any plan clause or flood level for a lot.
Permits and Griffith City Council rules
The approval to construct a bore is the NSW Department's, shared with WaterNSW: it says you need a water supply work approval to construct a groundwater bore, household bores included. This site has not read a Griffith City Council rule for bores, so ask the Council whether it adds anything.
Source: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Basic landholder rights bore; read 6 October 2026. — confirm current requirements with Griffith City Council.
Our Yenda service area
An enquiry from Yenda is passed on to an independent local provider, who gets in touch to look at the site.
See all Water Bore Drilling in Griffith. We also work in Yoogali, Hanwood and Beelbangera, among the other villages we list. Related pages: water bore drilling, bores for the home and garden, getting a bore approved, bore water safety, testing a new bore and closing down an old bore.
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