Water Rights Arrangements in Australia and Overseas

CONTENTS

Preliminaries
Cover, Copyright, Contents, Preface, Abbreviations

1   The water sector

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

3   Organisations
3.1   Environment Protection Authority
3.2   Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission
3.3   ACTEW

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 allocating water
5.1   Allocation mechanisms
5.2   Resource planning

6   Administering water rights
6.1   Applications
6.2   Consultation
6.3   Assessment
6.4   Decision notification
6.5   Hearing appeals
6.6   Applications for other licences and permits

7   Distribution management
7.1   Water accounting
7.2   Water distribution

8   Pricing
8.1   Pricing water as a scarce resource
8.2   Pricing water rights management
8.3   Pricing water infrastructure services
8.4   Pricing environmental third-party effects

9   Monitoring and enforcement
9.1   Compliance strategies
9.2   Monitoring procedures
9.3   Enforcement procedures

References