Nordblom, Thomas L.; Reeson, Andrew; Finlayson, John D.; … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2009
Land-use change in upper catchments impact downstream water flows. As trees use large amounts of water the expansion of … upstream plantations can substantially reduce water availability to downstream users. There can also be impacts on downstream … salinity due to reduced dilution flows. In some jurisdictions afforestation requires the purchase of water rights from …