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CRC PUBLICATIONS |
Irrigator and Community Attitudes to Water Allocation and Trading in the Murrumbidgee Catchment
John Tisdell, John Ward, Tony Grudzinski
Publication Type:
Technical Report
This is a publication of the current CRC for Catchment Hydrology
CRC Program:
Sustainable Water Allocation
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Publication Keywords:
Irrigation
Water Allocation
Public Opinion
Attitudes
Rights
Trading
Water Management
Water Supplies
Costs
Environmental Management
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Abstract / Summary:
The importance of effcient water allocations between productive, domestic and environmental uses cannot be overstated, particularly in the Australian context - the driest continent. This report addresses the much-overlooked side of policy development and implementation, namely: the social factors that both hinder and support the change. This report makes an important contribution to our understanding of how people are actually responding to the new conditions following the implementation of COAG reforms in the Murrumbidgee catchment. With several years since the introduction of tradeable water entitlements, this report provides a timely and insightful check on people
s perceptions, understandings and acceptance of the new environment. It indicates a level of progress toward general acceptance, while also indicating a level of confusion and misunderstanding about how water markets should work.
John Tisdell
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