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Level 5 water restrictions in Goulburn in 2006. Pejar dam, the water supply for Goulburn in November 2005. Water restrictions have been enacted in many cities and regions in Australia, which is the Earth's driest inhabited continent, [1] in response to chronic water shortages resulting from the widespread drought.
The water industry usually places such restrictions on their customers during droughts or when the reservoirs supplying the water are becoming empty. Previously, contravening a temporary water restriction is a criminal offence in the United Kingdom under the Water Industry Act 1991 (though the first prosecution for "wasteful use of water" was ...
Water security in Australia became a major concern in Australia in the late 20th and early 21st century as a result of population growth, recurring severe droughts, effects of climate change on Australia, environmental degradation from reduced environmental flows, competition between competing interests such as grazing, irrigation and urban water supplies, and competition between upstream and ...
19 March – The 2022 South Australian state election results in defeat for Steven Marshall's Liberal government, and Labor leader Peter Malinauskas claims victory. [20] Pauline Hanson's One Nation Sarah Game won a seat within the South Australia legislative council (upper house) making history as One Nation first member of SA parliament. [21]
The use of reclaimed water – the non-potable reuse of treated wastewater for irrigation of green spaces, golf courses, agricultural crops or industrial uses – is common and increasing in Australia. Among the 20 largest water utilities in Australia, the largest volume of recycled water supplied was by SA Water in Adelaide (25,047 ML or 29.6% ...
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A dried up Lake Hume, 2007 Drought-affected fields in the Victorian countryside, 2006. Drought in Australia is defined by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology as rainfall over period greater than three-months being in the lowest decile of what has been recorded for that region in the past. [1]
The Water Act 2007 (Cth), [1] [2] [3] is an Act of the Parliament of Australia. It is Australia's primary legislation that concerns the Commonwealth Government 's powers over the Murray–Darling Basin , and is administered by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment . [ 1 ]