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AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS
Water Access Entitlements, Allocations and Trading
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/4610.0.55.003?OpenDocument

Latest ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 13/10/2006 Released Today First Issue.

Water access entitlements, allocations and trading have been key elements of recent water reforms in Australia. This publication presents information on the number of water access entitlements, the entitlement volume and the volume of water allocated to water access entitlements in Australia in 2004-05. Data are presented by surface and groundwater at the State and Territory level, as well at the water management area level. Information is also presented on the number and volume of temporary and permanent water trades in Australia in 2004-05. Trading data are presented at the State and Territory level and, where available, at the water management area level.
This page last updated 12 October 2006
INTRO
Water access entitlements, allocations and trading have been key elements of recent water reforms in Australia. Achieving nationally-compatible water access entitlements, returning over-allocated systems to environmentally-sustainable levels of extraction, and removing barriers to trade in water to facilitate the broadening and deepening of the water market are all objectives of the 2004 Intergovernmental Agreement on a National Water Initiative (NWI) .
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