Water Programme of Action: Water Allocation and Use
The Water Allocation and Use paper identifies problems in our current systems of water allocation and use. It considers allocation approaches that would:
- Enable sound decisions to be made about how much water should remain in water bodies and how much can be abstracted
- Lead to allocation and facilitate reallocation of abstracted water to uses with the highest environmental, social, cultural and economic values, taking into account present and future needs in a fair and equitable way
- Encourage technical efficiency in the use of water.
This paper was published as part of the Water Programme of Action Freshwater for a Sustainable Future consultation.
- 1 Purpose
- 2 Outcome
- 3 Definitions
- 4 Water - An Essential Natural Resource
- 5 Allocation Issues: An Introduction
- 6 The Current Allocation and Use System
- 7 Specific Problems Identified in Current Water Allocation and Use Systems
- 8 A 'Good' Allocation Process
- 9 Maintaining the Status Quo: Future Implications
- 10 Potential Policy Response - The Allocation and Use 'Kete'
- 11 Policy Packages to Improve the Water Allocation and Use System
- 12 Conclusions
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The interdepartmental working group involved in this project comprises of the following government departments:
- Ministry for the Environment
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
- Ministry of Economic Development
- Department of Conservation
- Te Puni Kokiri
- The Treasury
- Department of Internal Affairs
- Wellington Regional Council as representative of regional councils.
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Water Programme of Action
Ministry for the Environment
PO Box 10-362
Wellington
or
Water Programme of Action
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
PO Box 2526
Wellington
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