Learn more about the history of trading water in Australia’s three markets in this infographic.
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Limited water supplies and competing agricultural, environmental, industrial, and municipal interests challenge Australia’s water-trading system.
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Australia’s largest urban economy wants to build a parallel water system to deliver non-potable supplies.
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GRAIN’s online database is the foundation for much of what the world knows about foreign investments in land. Though the majority of “land grabs” are for agribusiness, other sectors include construction, finance, industry, real estate, and more.
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An overview of Australia’s Hunter Valley, traditionally known for its vineyards but more recently as a hydrocarbon center.
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Farmers and small town residents grapple with the pressures of an unprecedented expansion in coal mining.
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Agriculture is the largest water user in Australia. Where do other sectors like mining, manufacturing, and household use fall?
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The scale and rapid development of the nation’s coal seam gas industry is changing the social fabric of the country’s small towns and farming regions, which have become protest centers.
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After the 20-week public consultations ended last week, three key basin states have rejected the proposed plan, and more than 60 Australian academics have slammed the document for neglecting to include climate change projections and for its lack of transparency.
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Massive hydrocarbon production has created worries over water use and pollution as the “Down Under” nation rises to the top of global exporters.
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International demand and new technologies push nation to the top for hydrocarbon exports. But massive production has also created worries over water.
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News headlines are often dominated by the big, unexpected events — BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, for example, or Japan’s earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear catastrophes in 2011 — but some events come with advance warning. Here is a preview of the water news to look for in 2012.
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As an energy boom, propelled by natural gas, continues to gather steam, mining and drilling companies square off with landowners around the globe over who has the right to resources that are located deep below ground.
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Climate change became a hot-button issue at a recent U.N. Security Council meeting.
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On Australia’s western coast, the city of Perth is in critical danger of depleting the water reserves held by its dams. In response, the government is pumping treated wastewater into the Gnangara Mound Aquifer.
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To feed water-hungry mining industries, similar plans are in the works to supply drought-ridden regions of Australia and China.
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In many cities, water travels far to reach the tap. Residents of the planet’s driest places rely on extensive waterways to deliver their supply. Click through the interactive infographic below to learn more about 10 cities that pipe water in from distant aquifers, plus additional plans to expand waterway networks even further.
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A government plan to reduce irrigation diversions has farmers up in arms.
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Southeastern Australia springs back to life after 10 years of thirst.
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