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Human Impacts on Catchments
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Key Message 2 - We all Live and Interact in Catchments
Human Impacts on Catchments
Resources
Topic of Study - Competing Demands for Water Resources
 
  • Is water a limited resource in South Australia?
    Why is water critical for the economy, for basic human survival and also for the whole environment?
  • How does the Murray River provide water for the environment, industry, food sources, and drinking water for numerous communities, water for recreation, business, domestic use and more?
  • How does the Murray River provide water for the environment, industry, food sources, drinking water, recreation, business, domestic use and more in numerous communities?
  • The management of the Murray River involves fierce competition between sectors, interest groups, Local, State and Federal Governments, environmental organisations and individuals in our society. Why then is the conservation of water critical for the long term sustainability of the Murray-Darling catchment and all other catchments in South Australia?
  • What are sectors doing to address the problems of competing demands for limited resources? Look at water caps, sharing deals, flow restrictions, agreements on water for the environment, licensing, trading and other agreements between governments, sectors and interest groups.
  
Type
Description
Resources Covering the Topic

Easy

 - Waterproofing the country.
- Striking a balance between competing
  demands.
- Agriculture - a thirsty business. Competition
  from other sectors for the water.
- Water use.
- Colour poster to download and print.
- Provides a summary with sketches of all the
  sectors of society using and competing for
  water.
- Brief discussion about the increasing
  competition for water between rural and
  urban Australia.
- Competition between States for water. Short
  article in the Australian newspaper about
  competition for water.
- Page contains links to numerous articles
  about water competition across Australia.
- Whose water is it?
- How do the States share water from the
  Murray?
- Comprehensive summary of environmental
  flow issues, including pressure from different
  sectors for the use of water.
Environmental Flow Fact Sheets
NCC Water and Fisheries
http://www.nccnsw.org.au/water/context/
flows_fs.html

- Why flows are important.
- Covers the main issues in NSW and gives
  statistics about how much water different
  sectors use.

More Comprehensive

- Achieving sustainable management.
- A comprehensive review of Australia’s water
  resources management, including the
  sharing of water resources.

Environment Australia
http://audit.ea.gov.au/ANRA/water/docs/national/
Water_Sust_Mgmt.html
- Water use.
- A comprehensive look at how we use Murray
  water.
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