부산대학교 도서관

Environmental flows in unregulated rivers require a different management approach to regulated systems, where reservoirs allow more adaptive management of flows and water markets are well established. Governments in Australia have been investigating tender approaches to buy back water in unregulated systems. A number of organisations in the Columbia Basin in northwest America have been actively purchasing water for the environment in unregulated systems. This paper outlines some of the key lessons learnt about purchasing water for the environment in the Columbia Basin and discusses their possible application in the Australian context. KEYWORDS: Unregulated rivers; environmental flows; water market; Columbia River Basin.
1 INTRODUCTION The approach to water management in Australia has changed significantly in recent years. Two of the key changes are, firstly, the move from government allocation of water to [...]