Integrated Water Resource Management in Australia
Case Studies
Department of the Environment and Heritage, 2004
Contents
- Integrated Water Policy:
- Australia's Water Reforms
Describes Australia's integrated water policy reform process, commenced in 1994. Includes urban and rural reforms, removal of subsidies, water pricing, water trading, water quality management, and community education. - Australia's National Water Initiative
Outlines Australia's latest water policy reforms. Focuses on equitable access to water resources based on national water access, trading, and pricing arrangements. - Australia's National Water Quality Management Strategy and Coastal Catchments Initiative
Describes Australia's recent water quality management strategy and its application in Integrated Water Resources Management and Integrated Coastal Zone Management, particularly in northern eastern Australia.
- Australia's Water Reforms
- Integrated River Basin Management:
- The Murray-Darling Basin Initiative — integrated cross-border river basin management and community engagement
Explains the policy, legislation, and governance structures underpinning integrated water resource and river basin management in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin. - The Murray-Darling Basin Initiative — environmental flows and ecological outcomes
Illustrates current policy initiatives aimed at delivering environmental flows and achieving ecological outcomes in the Murray-Darling Basin. - The Lake Eyre Basin Agreement — integrated cross-border river basin management and community engagement
Explains the policy, legislation, and governance structures underpinning integrated natural resource and river basin management in Australia's Lake Eyre Basin.
- The Murray-Darling Basin Initiative — integrated cross-border river basin management and community engagement
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