Scarcity drives water prices, not government water recovery: new research
- Written by Sarah Ann Wheeler, Professor in Water Economics, University of Adelaide
Australia has one of the most sophisticated water markets in the world, particularly notable for the ways in which government can return water to the environment.
Water markets allow the return of this water through two main mechanisms. The first is buybacks, in which the government purchases water licences directly from willing irrigators via an...
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