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July 3rd, 2010
NWC Report on Scale of Intercepted Water Use

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SHAPING AUSTRALIA’S FUTURE – The National Water Commission recently released Australia’s first ever nation-wide baseline assessment of water interception activities, calling for all Australian governments to take action on this critical issue. The Surface and/or groundwater interception activities: initial estimates report shows that the total volume of water unaccounted for as a result of land use activities outside our current water entitlement regimes and planning frameworks equates to almost one quarter of all the entitled water on issue in Australia. Read More