Water planning publications
This section contains publications and reports on water planning and water management in Australia.
Waterlines reports
Integrating the mining sector into water planning and entitlements regimes - No 77 - March 2012
Presents a number of principles that jurisdictions may wish to consider in their ongoing efforts to better integrate water planning management arrangements in line with their NWI commitments.
Integrated resource planning for urban water - resource papers - No 41 - March 2011
Responds to significant challenges in meeting growing demands on urban water resources under a shifting climate through a new Integrated Resource Planning model for water planners around Australia.
Tools for water planning: lessons, gaps and adoption - No 37 - January 2011
Developed tools for more effective community engagement and building stakeholder confidence in the water planning process.
Alignment of water planning and catchment planning No 36 - January 2011
Sets out principles for aligning water allocation and catchment plans that can be applied, with some local variations, in any Australian jurisdiction.
Evapotranspiration measurement: informing water management in Australia - No 35 - November 2010
Shows the potential of remotely sensed evapotranspiration.
Improving environmental water planning and policy outcomes: ecological responses to flow regimes in the Murray-Darling Basin - No 34 - November 2010
Assists water managers to improve and justify the delivery of environmental water to protect the Murray-Darling Basin.
Water issues in jurisdictional planning for mining - No 29 - May 2010
Assesses the extent to which state and territory mining and environmental assessment processes are consistent with the NWI objectives and considers the cumulative effects of mining on groundwater.
Incorporating climate change in water allocation planning - No 28 - May 2010
Examins the potential impacts of climate change on water allocation planning under Australia's blueprint for water reform, the National Water Initiative (NWI).
Water efficiency plans for businesses - No 24 - December 2009
Recommends a process of Federal Government-facilitated national harmonisation of water efficiency plans and suggests paths for short and medium-term improvements.
Improving environmental sustainability in water planning - No 20 - September 2009
Explores the reasons why a consistent national approach to achieving environmental sustainability in water planning has been difficult.
Exploring the regulatory framework and governance of decentralised water management systems: a strata and community title perspective - No 19 - September 2009
Explores the regulatory framework and governance issues associated with community-owned water.
Water allocation planning in Australia - current practices and lessons learned - No 6 - April 2008
An analysis of current practices and lessons learned in water planning, drawn from 11 case studies of water plans across Australia.
Other publications
National Water Planning Report Card 2011 - December 2011
Provides a summary of the status of water plans across Australia.
Indigenous Community Water Facilitator Network (ICWFN) - evaluation report - October 2011
Evaluates the progress of the Indigenous Community Water Facilitator Network.
Australian environmental water mangement report 2010
Presents a comprehensive picture of Australia's current environmental water management arrangements.
Stocktake of approaches to cost recovery for water planning and management in Australia - February 2007
Provides information on planning anbd management activities, the legal and regulatory framework, approaches by jurisdictions, recovery of costs, and regulation and review of costs.
Water planning - a paper developed by Professor Peter Cullen - October 2006
Examines water planning and its role as the foundation of the National Water Initiative.