The Quest for Environmentally Sustainable Water Use
McKay, Jennifer (2007) 'The quest for environmentally sustainable water use', Journal of the Australian Law Reform Commission, issue.89, pp.22-28
7 Pages Posted: 5 Aug 2014
Date Written: 2007
Abstract
The first two lines of this poem reflect Australian water management through state laws and administrative arrangements up to 1994. The major water user is agriculture, which uses up to 70%, domestic/urban use amounts to 11% with the rest being used in commerce and industry and for power generation. More than half of the water used for agriculture is used for livestock, pasture, grains and dairy. Of the total amount allocated by volume, 76% is surface water and 23% groundwater.
Keywords: water management, sustainable development, water law
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