Water for the environment: How is water shared between towns, farms and rivers?
Finding a balance between providing a reliable water supply for people, industries and the environment involves environmental water – water that is set aside specifically to support the health of rivers and wetlands.
Publisher: Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
Cost: Free
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-925755-53-4
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ID: EES20190613
File: PDF 187.37 KB / Pages 3
Name: how-is-water-for-environment-shared-towns-farms-rivers-190613.pdf
Towns, farms, rivers and wetlands all need water. Dams and weirs provide a more reliable water supply for people and industries, but river regulation has changed the natural cycle of wetting and drying that sustains the health of the river itself.
To restore some of the balance, a variety of formal mechanisms have been introduced to share the available water between all stakeholders including the environment.