Water Insights

16 August 2007

Welcome to the August edition of Water Insights. As water infrastructure is expensive, access to it is a crucial issue - but how to price that access? We'll examine Australia's first decision on access pricing in the water and wastewater industry.

Talking of water infrastructure, we'll also see how you can keep control of the approval process for your project, saving you time and money.

We'll also look at what happens when water is a by-product of mining operations, and the issues that arise in wastewater recycling in WA.

First access pricing decision in water and wastewater industry made by ACCC

By Kirsten Webb.

Kirsten Webb looks at Australia's first access pricing decision in the water and wastewater industry.

Coal seam gas and associated water production - an environmental perspective

By Melissa McKenzie.

If you produce coal seam gas in Queensland, water will be a major by-product. Melissa McKenzie examines the complex laws controlling this water.

Managing approval timeframes for infrastructure projects

By Kathryn Pacey.

With water infrastructure being big business, tight control over timeframes is crucial. Kathyrn Pacey looks at a number of ways you can better manage the approvals process in Queensland.

Recycling wastewater in Western Australia

By Tim Macknay.

In the face of growing demand for water and declining rainfall, the industrial use of recycled wastewater in Western Australia is likely to increase, but as Tim Macknay shows, any use is subject to an array of regulatory controls.

Water Industry Competition Act - further progress

By Nick Thomas and Thomas Klempfner .

A key part of the regime for water competition in NSW is being developed, as Nick Thomas and Thomas Klempfner explain.
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