New Research Report - Sustainable Water Allocation Program
November 15, 2001
Irrigator and Community Attitudes to Water Allocation and Trading in the Murrumbidgee Catchment by John Tisdell, John Ward and Tony Grudzinski (Griffith University) (CRC Report 01/1)
The importance of efficient 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.
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