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dc.contributor.authorTan, Poh-Ling
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Ian
dc.contributor.authorBurry, Kristal
dc.contributor.authorBaldwin, C.
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T16:00:20Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T16:00:20Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2013-03-18T05:09:58Z
dc.identifier.issn00221694
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.01.004
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/49493
dc.description.abstractThe Central Condamine Alluvium, at the head of Australia's Murray-Darling River system, provides groundwater for food, fibre and a fast expanding urban population. Current extraction is assessed at 67 GL/a (gigalitres per annum), while the best available scientific data estimates the sustainable groundwater system yield is closer to 40 GL/a (CSIRO, 2008). Peak organisations accept overallocation as a critical issue but conflict over water has disrupted several past attempts at regulation. To assist local communities and the planning agency, seven planning tools were used: (1) an extended stakeholder analysis and context report, (2) a program of engagement with Traditional Custodians, (3) intergenerational workshops, (4) a survey of groundwater users covering issues in setting and meeting the agreed system yield, (5) a multi-criteria analysis relating to setting and apportioning the available yield, (6) a pilot workshop addressing adaptation to climate risk, and (7) development of a three-dimensional groundwater visualisation tool relating to the regional aquifers. Results fed directly into pre-planning processes undertaken by the State water agency. The tools allowed a much broader range of voices, values and depth of information to feed into the planning process than otherwise available. Participants found the Indigenous engagement tool and the GVT the most useful. The latter addressed identified information gaps and allowed for aquifer characteristics and the interaction with bores to be presented in a user-friendly manner. Intergenerational perspectives about using water within sustainable limits were also obtained but the Community Reference Panel did not place any weight on this perspective in discussions over the plan amendment. Evaluations of the tools demonstrate that a range of planning tools can be readily used to enhance existing planning processes, particularly by sharing information and eliciting views that may not be readily accessible to water planners.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom38
dc.relation.ispartofpageto46
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Hydrology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume474
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental and Natural Resources Law
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode180111
dc.titleWater planning in the Condamine Alluvium, Queensland: Sharing information and eliciting views in a context of overallocation
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Law
gro.date.issued2012
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorBurry, Kristal
gro.griffith.authorTan, Poh-Ling
gro.griffith.authorWhite, Ian


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