Abstract
Australia needs solutions
Already the driest continent, Australia' s water crisis is coming to a head.
The Australian climate is erratic, and long droughts alternating with periods
of higher rainfall make the development of coherent water regulation regimes
difficult. With recent news of more water rationing in the southern
Murray-Darling basin after a warning that drinking water could not be
guaranteed beyond next year if the drought persists, it is clear that action
needs to be taken. Very rapidly over the next decade, Australia will become
one of the most important markets in the world for water scarcity solutions,
and an opportunity for overseas investors.
Water Market Australia helps you provide solutions
Water Market Australia will help you to understand how the market works at a
state and local level, where the greatest needs are, and how to make it work
for you. It maps out the sector, explains the systems and outlines the
opportunities. It also profiles local companies so that you can identify
potential partners and competitors and lists all the major water projects so
that you can easily identify opportunities.
Water Market Australia will be published in September 2008 in CD-ROM format
and will include detailed market presentations, Excel data sets of market
research and forecast information for the main growth sectors in the
Australian Water Market.
Industrial and rural water use
The report covers the industrial water market, looking at the opportunities in
industry and in the mining sector, providing an overview of Government
incentives for industries seeking to rationalise their water use through
recycling and reuse. Of course, the Australian water market is in large part
driven by the rural sector. The importance of this cannot be overlooked, as it
is in this sector that the millennium drought has had most impact. This report
considers in detail the impact of the drought on the rural water industry
including a section on water trading. There is also a section discussing water
efficiency programs and sourcing water from aquifers.
Detailed presentations are featured on:
An overview of how Australia works - its complicated government
infrastructure, the nature and driving forces of the economy and how to work
effectively in these conditions Government incentives for industries seeking
to rationalise their water use through recycling and reuse The volatile nature
of the environment and how the government is responding to its crises -
including an outline of the opportunities for water scarcity solutions The
structure of the water sector - how it works as part of the government and the
myriad of quangos that proliferate it Water efficiency programs and sourcing
water from aquifers.
Excel Datasets for manipulation include:
A directory of large and small companies involved in the water business
including suppliers, service providers and infrastructure support (eg legal
and administrative). A listing of Water projects valued at more than $10
million Australian dollars (including information on size of project,
estimated completion time, contact information, and likelihood of project
being completed) A directory of all water utilities in the country with
contact details and some financial information providing details of latest
income and expenditure available at time of compilation.
Forecast Data
The future of the Australian Water Market lies in current government water
reforms, where expenditure will be linked to projects that tie in with the
National Water Initiatives, and with the rationalisation that will come out of
infrastructure reforms and improvements. For instance, improvements in the
Murray Darling Basin will be the result of improved water trading, accompanied
by more rational use of water so that crop and feed demands don' t clash. The
report includes vital forecast information about how the rural market is going
to evolve and forecasting of local government municipal reforms.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Executive summary
- Background
- The political scene
- The Australian economy
- Overseas trade
- Financial sector
- Labour market
- Water sector and the economy
- Australian climate and environment
- Geography
- atitude
- Rainfall
- El Nino/La Nina
- Australia' s water resources
- Millennium drought
- Adelaide and the Murray River
- A and Adelaide water projects
- Water storage
- The Murray-Darling Basin
- Australian coastal salinity levels
- Water sector structure
- The response to scarcity
- Government actions
- Federal water sector infrastructure reform
- State water sector infrastructure reform
- Physical infrastructure reform
- National water initiative
- Water storage
- Australian aquifer usage
- The Great Artesian Basin
- New water initiatives
- Western corridor recycled water project
- Toowoomba
- Raising national water standards program
- Waterwise council program
- Demand management
- Water tariffs
- Towards standardised pricing
- Australian water trading
- Water trading market
- Water trading Volumes and Prices
- Investing In Water
- Market size and forecast
- Water usage in Australia
- The municipal water market
- Waste Water and Waste Water Management
- Project procurement and private sector participation
- The Alliance model
- Agricultural water market
- Mining market
- Coal seam gas
- Total market size
- Municipal market forecast
- Industrial market forecast
- The desalination market
- The water reuse market
Datasets
- WSAA Utilities Data
- Water Companies
- Australia Water Market Forecast
- Australia Water Projects
- Australia Desalination Projects
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