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Managing across groundwater and surface water: an Australian 'conjunctive licence' illustration of allocation and planning issues

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dc.contributor.authorFullagar, Imogen, author
dc.contributor.authorAllan, Catherine, author
dc.contributor.authorKhan, Shahbaz, author
dc.contributor.authorU.S. Committee on Irrigation and Drainage, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-01T20:47:40Z
dc.date.available2020-06-01T20:47:40Z
dc.date.issued2006-10
dc.descriptionPresented at Ground water and surface water under stress: competition, interaction, solutions: a USCID water management conference on October 25-28, 2006 in Boise, Idaho.
dc.description.abstractConjunctive use of groundwater is a common irrigation response to limited surface water availability. In the late 1970s, under a 'one resource policy', the New South Wales (NSW) government of Australia began issuing a form of conjunctive licence to irrigators with access to both surface water and groundwater. These licences were intended to provide the licence owners with the water supply security offered by conjunctive use. Institutional separation of groundwater and surface water prevented accounting across the resources. As a result the licences contributed towards over-allocation of groundwater. Conjunctive licences were subsequently discontinued and separated into surface water and groundwater components in the late 1990s. This paper explores the NSW experience of conjunctive licences in light of Australia’s recent national agreement to manage connected surface water and groundwater as one resource. The conclusion is that flow systems cannot be allocated as 'one resource' if managed through independent groundwater and surface water planning institutions. Some implications and options for allocation across local water resources with hydraulic connectivity are considered.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumCD-ROMs
dc.format.mediumproceedings (reports)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/207280
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofIrrigation Management
dc.relation.ispartofGround water and surface water under stress: competition, interaction, solutions, Boise, Idaho, October 25-28, 2006
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dc.sourceContained in: Ground water and surface water under stress: competition, interaction, solutions, Boise, Idaho, October 25-28, 2006, http://hdl.handle.net/10217/46560
dc.titleManaging across groundwater and surface water: an Australian 'conjunctive licence' illustration of allocation and planning issues
dc.title.alternativeGround water and surface water under stress
dc.title.alternativeAllocation and planning issues
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