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Water in Australia

Facts & Figures, Myths & Ideas

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Blind Freddy can see that the answer to water shortages is to build more dams. Truth is, water problems can be very subtle, so it’s worth understanding more about them before believing in particular solutions.

AWA's book Water in Australia - Facts & Figures, Myths & Ideas aims to help the reader understand some of the ifs and buts about water. It’s meant to be user-friendly for ordinary people to understand water a little better; perhaps to be the informed voice in a discussion over the barbie, or to follow arguments being put in the media.

Hard copies retail for $14.95. To place an order, contact AWA's Bookshop.

 

© Australian Water Association 2007
First published 2007

This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval device, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without prior written permission. Enquiries to be made to the Australian Water Association.

   Image  88 KB Introduction
   Image  76 KB  Table of contents

 Facts & Figures

   Image  76 KB  Rivers
   Image  77 KB  Groundwater. Dams and storing water.
   Image  77 KB  How much water does Australia have? How much do we use?
   Image  77 KB  Paying for water. What water earns.
   Image  77 KB  Who does the water belong to? The National Water Initiative.
   Image  78 KB  Water trading. Units of measurement for water.

 Myths & Ideas

   Image  210 KB  Industry uses most of our water.
   Image  240 KB  A rainwater tank for every home.
   Image  255 KB  Stormwater collection for use in our cities.
   Image  231 KB  Recycle water instead of letting it go to waste in outfalls.
   Image  244 KB  Twice around - reusing water.
   Image  266 KB  Desalination uses too much energy.
   Image  384 KB  Build more dams.
   Image  215 KB  Build more dams near the coast, where it rains more.
   Image  261 KB  Prevent evaporation from reservoirs.
   Image  254 KB  Dig out reservoirs to increase storage.
   Image  262 KB  We can always count on groundwater.
   Image  270 KB  A national water grid.
   Image  243 KB  Turning back rivers inland.
   Image  312 KB  We need drip irrigation for all crops.
   Image  273 KB  Farm in the north, where the water is.
   Image  277 KB  Water supply from the north.
   Image  238 KB  Shipping water in tankers.
   Image  211 KB  Moving water long distances by canal.
   Image  321 KB  Towing icerbergs from Antarctica.
   Image  231 KB  Drain seawater from Spencer Gulf into Lake Eyre.
   Image    222 KB  Cloud seeding can supplement our water resources significantly.
   Image  261 KB  The price of water is wrong; it's too cheap (or too expensive).
   Image  40 KB  Water words
   Image  59 KB  More sources of information about water.