Water Rights Arrangements in Australia and Overseas

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Abstract: There are significant differences in the way water rights are defined, allocated and administered in Australia and overseas. This paper includes comparisons of the arrangements for managing water rights against accepted best practice principles for South Au stralia, Queensland, NSW, Victoria South Africa, Chile, Colorado, Mexico and California.

Keywords: Australia; Research; Reports; Arid; California; Chile; Climate; COAG; Colarado; Council of Australian Governments; Drought; Irrigation; Markets; Mexico; Murray-Darling Basin; Natural resources; Pollution; Rainfall; Rio Grande; Salinity; South Africa; Sus tainable development; Sustainability; United States of America; Water; Water rights; Weather (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2004-02-02
Note: Type of Document - pdf; prepared on NT; to print on HP; pages: 360; figures: included
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