Troubled Waters: Confronting the Water Crisis in Australia's Cities
Australian cities have traditionally relied for their water on a ‘predict-and-provide’ philosophy that gives primacy to big engineering solutions. In more recent years privatised water authorities, seeking to maximise consumption and profits, have reinforced the emphasis on increasing supply. Now th...
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| author | Troy, Patrick |
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| description | Australian cities have traditionally relied for their water on a ‘predict-and-provide’ philosophy that gives primacy to big engineering solutions. In more recent years privatised water authorities, seeking to maximise consumption and profits, have reinforced the emphasis on increasing supply. Now the cities must cope with the stresses these policies have imposed on the eco-systems from which they harvest water, into which they discharge wastes, and on which they are located. Residents are having to pay more for their water, while the cities themselves are becoming less sustainable. Must we build more dams and desalination plants, or should we be managing the demand for urban water more prudently? This book explores the demand for urban water and how it has changed in response to shifting social mores over the past century. It explains how demand for centralised provision of water might be reshaped to enable the cities to better cope with expected changes in supply as our climate changes. And it discusses the implications of property rights in water for proposals to privatise water services. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-289612025-07-21T15:56:58Z Troubled Waters: Confronting the Water Crisis in Australia's Cities Troy, Patrick australia climate changes water environment Drinking water Infrastructure Sewage Sewerage Sydney Third-party access Wastewater Water supply thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology Australian cities have traditionally relied for their water on a ‘predict-and-provide’ philosophy that gives primacy to big engineering solutions. In more recent years privatised water authorities, seeking to maximise consumption and profits, have reinforced the emphasis on increasing supply. Now the cities must cope with the stresses these policies have imposed on the eco-systems from which they harvest water, into which they discharge wastes, and on which they are located. Residents are having to pay more for their water, while the cities themselves are becoming less sustainable. Must we build more dams and desalination plants, or should we be managing the demand for urban water more prudently? This book explores the demand for urban water and how it has changed in response to shifting social mores over the past century. It explains how demand for centralised provision of water might be reshaped to enable the cities to better cope with expected changes in supply as our climate changes. And it discusses the implications of property rights in water for proposals to privatise water services. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2013-11-18 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:51:44Z 2008 book 459762 OCN: 234317561 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33597 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/28961 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33597/1/459762.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33597/1/459762.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33597/1/459762.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33597/1/459762.pdf ANU Press 10.26530/OAPEN_459762 10.26530/OAPEN_459762 975ba519-3ce2-4517-95bf-b847729fbcf1 217 Canberra open access |
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