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   Minister for Environment and Conservation
3.2   Water Resources Council
3.3   South Australian Water Policy Committee
3.4   Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation
3.5   Catchment water management boards
3.6   Water resources planning committees
3.7   SA Water
3.8   Irrigation authorities
3.9   Environment Protection Authority
3.10   Department of Human Services
3.11   Local government

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   Resource planning

6   Administering water rights
6.1   Issuing new licences
6.2   Modifying licences
6.3   Transferring licences
6.4   Hearing appeals

7   Distribution management
7.1   Water accounting
7.2   Water distribution

8   Pricing
8.1   Recent price reforms
8.2   Pricing water infrastructure services
8.3   Pricing environmental third-party effects

9   Monitoring and enforcement
9.1   Monitoring procedures
9.2   Enforcement procedures

References