A Market-Based Instrument Pilot Project. Report to the Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Board.

Consultancy Report 2 for the Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Board. This second report focuses on pricing water to manage the catchment water resources in a sustainable manner. A key conclusion of this report is that there are significant opportunities to improve resource use through...

"You have heard that 350 GL offers a "low likelihood" of establishing the River Murray as a healthy working river, 750 GL a "low-to-modems likelihood, and 1,600 GL a "moderate" likelihood". "The question of how much to secure is still an open question".

Imagine what would happen if we valued ecosystems as if they mattered. Imagine what would happen if good environmental managers had the advantage and bad environmental managers got penalised. All we need to do is reverse the onus of responsibility and create opportunity.

This report provides a preliminary “first cut” assessment of the conclusions likely to arise from a more complete assessment of the economic, financial and social implications of environmental flow enhancement.

Consultancy Report 1 for the Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Board. This report considers the institutional framework which shapes the operating environment for the Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Board. The report highlights some of the impediments to Best Practice.