Troubled Waters: Confronting the Water Crisis in Australia's Cities

Troubled Waters: Confronting the Water Crisis in Australia\'s Cities......Page 1
Contents......Page 5
Contributors......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 9
Introduction: The water services problem......Page 11
The life and times of the Chadwickian solution......Page 17
References......Page 27
The water crisis in Southeast Queensland: How desalination turned the region into carbon emission heaven......Page 29
Turn on the sprinklers, bury the water meters......Page 30
Catchments for real estate, not for water......Page 31
Whatever happened to the ‘deluge rains’? Belated recognition of the water crisis......Page 34
\'Poowoomba\' and the politics of recycling......Page 35
Beattie’s water grid to the rescue......Page 36
The Queensland Water Commission......Page 38
The Gold Coast desal plant......Page 39
Conclusion......Page 44
References......Page 45
Down the gurgler: Historical influences on Australian domestic water consumption......Page 47
The pursuit of health and morality......Page 48
Flushing......Page 49
Bathing......Page 52
Washing......Page 62
Watering and wallowing......Page 63
Conclusion......Page 67
References......Page 69
Nature, networks and desire: Changing cultures of water in Australia......Page 77
Cultural geographies of water......Page 78
Context and methods......Page 80
Water as nature: The arid-continent consciousness......Page 81
Networks of water: Abundance or scarcity?......Page 84
Dilemmas and desires......Page 86
Conclusions......Page 87
References......Page 88
The rising tide of debate......Page 91
‘Water policy’: Distilling the intent......Page 94
Watering city and country......Page 95
Energy, water and climate......Page 97
Watering policy and institutions......Page 98
Real human water behaviours......Page 102
Conclusion: The singular and systemic in water policy......Page 104
References......Page 106
Sustainability in urban water futures......Page 109
Moving towards more sustainable urban water resource decision-making.......Page 112
Can social research help reform?......Page 114
Relating social science to adaptive learning and sustainability......Page 117
Can we usefully study institutions to help achieve sustainability?......Page 119
Conclusions......Page 120
References......Page 121
Exploiting the unspeakable: Third-party access to sewage and public-sector sewerage infrastructure......Page 125
Current institutional frameworks for water and wastewater......Page 127
Relationship between third-party access and sewer mining......Page 129
Experiences of third-party access regimes for water......Page 131
Commonwealth legal framework for third-party access in Australia......Page 132
Services Sydney application: An access regime in practice......Page 134
The Water Industry Competition Act 2006 (NSW)......Page 136
Licensing regime......Page 137
Access regime under WICA......Page 138
Sewer Mining Disputes under WICA......Page 139
WICA’s relationship with other legislation......Page 140
Principles of Regulation......Page 141
Coverage declarations......Page 142
Access and resource pricing......Page 144
Building customer trust......Page 147
Step-in rights for operators of last resort......Page 148
Property law issues......Page 149
Leases and consumer protection......Page 153
Conclusion......Page 154
References......Page 156
Legislation and Codes of Practice.......Page 159
Property in urban water: Private rights and public governance......Page 167
Restructuring the public/private spheres of water regulation......Page 168
Water as the ‘property’ of the state......Page 172
Water as a human right or social need?......Page 175
The Australian urban context......Page 178
Urban models of water governance......Page 180
Current urban water reforms......Page 181
Victorian metropolitan water reforms......Page 182
Intra-urban management......Page 184
Rural-to-urban water trade models......Page 185
Institutional forms of rural-to-urban water exchange......Page 187
Food Bowl Modernisation Project......Page 188
Conclusion......Page 189
References......Page 191
Potable water......Page 197
Twenty-first-century outcomes......Page 199
Features of the demand and supply of urban water......Page 200
Development of water supply: The case of Sydney......Page 203
Reduction in demand for potable water......Page 204
The problem of recycled water......Page 205
Making the transition to sustainability......Page 206
An equitable pricing regime......Page 208
Present water consumption patterns......Page 209
Other waste-management systems......Page 213
Local-area water management......Page 214
Industrial and commercial development......Page 215
Conclusion......Page 216
References......Page 217
Index......Page 221