Geography & Environmental Studies Resource Guide
Water Resources--Some Key Documents/Data Sources
The following sources provide some overviews of the current state of water management in Australia. More specific sources are listed elsewhere in this guide - for example the Murray-Darling Basin and the Wetlands of Australia
Australian water resources 2005 [web access]
[The primary purpose of AWR 2005 is to provide the National Water Commission with a baseline picture of a range of water management and resource issues. Also available in print format]
Australia's water resources: from use to management (revised edition, 2007) [print]
[Explores the circumstances underpinning the profound reorientation of attitudes and relationships to water that has taken place in Australia in recent decades]
Innovative technical solutions for water management in Australia (2006) [web access]
[Proceedings of the Australian Academy of Science's High Flyers Think Tank held at the University of Adelaide in 2006. Also available in print format]
National guidelines for water recycling : managing health and environmental risks : impact assessment (2005) [web access]
[An assessment of the likely economic impacts of a move to a national approach to water recycling]
National Land & Water Resources Audit [web access]
[The Audit plays an important role in working with the Australian Government, and all states and territories, to report on the condition of Australia's land, water and biological resources]
National water initiative [web access]
[The overall objective of the National Water Initiative is to achieve a nationally compatible market, regulatory and planning based system of managing surface and groundwater resources for rural and urban use. The National Water Initiative is administered by the National Water Commission]
National water initiative water trading study : final report (2006) [web access]
[Outlines a plan for an effective water market and trading]
Rural water use and the environment: the role of market mechanisms (2006) [web access]
[A Productivity Commission report on the feasibility of establishing market mechanisms to encourage investment in efficient rural water use. Also available in print format]
Securing Australia’s urban water supplies: opportunities and impediments (2006) [web access]
[A report on urban water supply and demand covering the impediments to securing water supplies as well as the corresponding opportunities to improve the outcomes for Australia’s major cities]
South Australia's water future (2006) [web access]
[Outlines the achievements in water resources management in South Australia, identifies some potential areas of future water reform, and encourages community participation to conserve and protect the State's water resources]
State water plan (3 volumes, 2000) [print]
[Sets out the South Australian government’s strategic directions for the sustainable use and management of water resources. Also available in CD-ROM format]
Last update: 6th May 2009 Helen Attar
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