Emerging water markets
Investments to improve the specification, registration and trading of titles, water pricing and service provision in water markets.
Reviewing the extent and nature of carryover and similar provisions, and their effectiveness in delivering more flexible inter-seasonal access to water held in storages.
Improving the performance of Australia's water markets by providing trading, pricing and policy information for market participants.
Assessing the factors affecting the further development of transparent, competitively neutral and efficient water markets.
Assessing and reporting on the economic, social and environmental impacts of water trade in the southern Murray-Darling Basin.
Making publicly available the details of adaptive environmental licences including volumes, locations and intended environmental use.
Developing a web-based portal that allows for the collection and storage of information reported in the national performance reports.
Supporting further work under the National Water Initiative to assist with the operation of efficient water markets and helping minimise the transaction costs on water trades through a number of projects to be commissioned.
Four projects to improve water pricing across Australia.
Investigating national and jurisdictional governance arrangements for the conduct of market intermediaries and appropriate governance options in 2007.
Monitoring and reporting economic, environmental and social impacts (both positive and negative) attributable to water trading.
Implementing the national benchmarking framework and building capacity of regional and rural water utilities to report on the national performance indicators, proceeding in two stages.
Developing and implementing pricing policies that encourage the efficient use of recycled water and stormwater in accordance with the direction provided for under the National Water Initiative.
Developing specifications for new water entitlements that would be required for various new water products likely to be introduced into the water market in the near future. This project is also listed under the emerging water markets theme.
Contributing to the finalisation and activation of the single State Water Register and retail account for Victoria. This project is also listed under the water accounting theme.
Analysing the relationship between water policy and climate change policy, including the implications of climate change mitigation and adaptation measures on the water sector and water intensive industries.