Water Rights Arrangements in Australia and Overseas

CONTENTS

Preliminaries
Cover, Copyright, Contents, Abbreviations, Preface

1   The water sector

2   Legal framework
2.1   Evolution of water law
2.2   Current legislative framework

3   Organisations
3.1   Directorate General of Water
3.2   Directorate of Water Works
3.3   National Commission for the Environment
3.4   Superintendency of Sanitary Services
3.5   National Irrigation Commission
3.6   Water user associations
3.7   Other government bodies

4   Definition of water rights
4.1   Coverage
4.2   Specification
4.3   Record of title
4.4   Duration
4.5   Exclusivity
4.6   Detached from land title and use restrictions
4.7   Divisibility and transferability
4.8   Rights-of-way

5   Government involvement in water allocation
5.1   Allocation mechanisms
5.2   Setting environmental flows
5.3   Planning guidelines

6   Administering water rights
6.1   Applications to the DGA
6.2   Applications to local courts
6.3   Hearing appeals

7   Distribution management
7.1   Water accounting
7.2   Water distribution

8   Pricing
8.1   Price regulation agencies
8.2   Pricing water infrastructure services
8.3   Pricing water rights management
8.4   Pricing environmental third-party effects

9   Monitoring and enforcement

References