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Author Smith, D. I. (David Ingle)

Title Water in Australia : resources and management / David Ingle Smith
Published Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1998

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Description xxi, 384 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Contents The resource base: how much and where is it? -- Water quality: how usable is it? -- Water use: who uses what, where, and how much? -- The history of water resource development: how we got where we are -- 'Of droughts and flooding rains': too much or too little -- Community, state of the environment, and economic rationalism: where we are now and how we are doing -- Water futures: where are we going?
Summary Contents include: The Resource base: How much and where is it? - Water quality: How usable is it? - Water use : Who uses what, where and how much? - The History of Water resource development: How we got where we are - 'Of droughts and flooding rains':Too much too little - Community, State of the Environment, and Economic Rationalism: Where we are now and how we are doing - Water Futures: Where are we going?
Analysis Drought
Federal issue
Management techniques
Quality control
State issue
Water conservation
Water resources
Water supply
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: p, 357-377
Notes Donated by Professor Jennifer McKay, Director, Centre for Comparative Water Policies and Laws
SUBJECT Water quality management http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84720686 -- Australia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326
Subject Water conservation -- Australia.
Water quality management -- Australia.
Water resources development -- Australia.
Water-supply -- Australia.
LC no. 98199843
ISBN 0195537041