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   Department of Sustainability and Environment
3.2   Environment Protection Authority
3.3   Catchment management authorities
3.4   Rural water authorities
3.5   Regional urban water authorities
3.6   Metropolitan urban water authorities
3.7   Essential Services Commission

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

5   Government involvement in water allocation
5.1   Allocation mechanisms
5.2   Resource planning

6   Administering water rights
6.1   Issuing new entitlements
6.2   Transferring entitlements
6.3   Modifying entitlements
6.4   Hearing appeals
6.5   Registration

7   Distribution management
7.1   Water accounting
7.2   Water distribution

8   Pricing
8.1   Price regulation institutions
8.2   Pricing water as a scarce resource
8.3   Pricing water infrastructure services
8.4   Pricing environmental third-party effects

9   Monitoring and enforcement
9.1   Institutional issues
9.2   Monitoring procedures
9.3   Enforcement procedures

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