Saving for not-so-rainy days (journal article)
by Richard Tooth
from Policy, Vol. 23 No. 4, Summer 2007, pp. 16-19
"The author reflects on the urban water policy in Australia. He argues that water restrictions are not the best way in dealing with shortages. An overview of the policy of underpricing that resulted into subsidising every household's water usage is presented. The author believes that with the growing demand and greater uncertainty in water catchment levels, the most important investments will not be in additional sources of supply but in alternative approaches to managing urban water."