GL of irrigation water is used to produce over 40% of the nation's gross value of agricultural production. This …; cotton and field crops). The supply of water for irrigation is subject to climatic and policy uncertainty. Variable inflows … mean that water property rights do not provide a guaranteed supply. With increasing public scrutiny and environmental …

sustainability of farm and catchment systems. In northern Victoria, the dairy industry is a major user of water, and contributes to … the environmental issues. Changes in irrigation water price, availability and policy will invariably impact on the … farms. Two case study farms, a 'water reliant' farm and a 'fodder reliant' farm, were used to examine economic and social …

With the current drought in South-Eastern Australia highlighting the scarcity and value of inland Australia’s water … ago with the separation of land and water property rights allowing openly traded water markets. This study assesses the … potential economic benefits that options contracts bring to the water market in the Murray Valley water market. Exotic call …

The paper discusses the level of water trading within the NSW Irrigation Industry along with water prices, reasons …, attitudes and knowledge of both permanent and temporary water trading. It is based on the results of a survey of 1 …,115 irrigators representing over 10% of the total irrigators' population within NSW Water Sharing Plans that commenced during 2004 …

The net present value (NPV) of downstream economic benefits of changes in water-yield (W) and salt-load (S) of mean … result in higher or lower water-yields, respectively) are driven by economic consequences for land owners. This paper defines … benefits from altered water-yields and/or lower salt loads. The paper presents methods, and preliminary calculations for an …

Water use efficiency data was used to estimate the impact of reducing sales water allocations on a range of irrigated … dairy farms categorised according to intensity of water right. The expected deficiency in available water was estimated for … substitution through management options of purchasing 1) water right (with associated sales), 2) temporary sales water, or 3) feed …

In most urban cities across Australia, water restrictions remain the dominant policy mechanism to restrict urban water … consumption. The extensive adoption of water restrictions over several years means that Australian urban water prices have … consistently not reflected the opportunity cost of water (Edwards 2008). Given the generally strong political support for water …

On 29th April 2008, Senator Penny Wong outlined details of Water for the Future; the Rudd Government’s $12.9 billion … plan to secure the long term water supply of all Australians. Funding under Water for the Future will be used to support … significant water reform across the country. In order to formulate strategies to achieve the objectives of the Plan, decision …