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dc.contributor.author | Wheeler, S.A. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Carmody, E. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Grafton, R.Q. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kingsford, R.T. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Zuo, A. | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2020; 159:104755-1-104755-17 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0921-3449 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1879-0658 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/127100 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Over the past decade, Australia has been buying water entitlements and subsidising irrigation infrastructure to reallocate water from consumptive to environmental purposes in the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB). There is considerable evidence that irrigation infrastructure subsidies are not cost-effective, as well as questions as to whether water extractions are increasing (rebounding) as a result. We used 2481 on-farm MDB irrigation surveys and identified a ‘rebound effect’ on water extractions, with irrigators who received an irrigation infrastructure subsidy significantly increasing (21-28%) their water extraction, relative to those who did not receive any grants. Although the precise hydrological impact of this rebound effect on catchment and Basin-wide extractions remains unknown, publicly available water data suggest that reductions in extractions from the MDB – supposedly commensurate with increases in environmental flows – may have been overestimated, particularly in the Northern MDB. This overestimation may in turn be linked to issues with water measurement and extractions at the catchment and Basin-scale, which occur due to: (1) water theft and poor enforcement; (2) inaccurate or absent water metering; (3) growth in unlicensed surface and groundwater extractions and on-farm storage capacity; (4) legal and practical uncertainties in compliance tools, processes and water accounting; and (5) complexity of floodplain, evaporation and groundwater interactions. To respond to these water governance challenges, MDB water and rural policy actions must: (1) improve measurement of diversions and develop transparent and robust water accounting, independently audited and accounting for uncertainty; (2) improve compliance, fines and regulation; (3) use multiple lines of evidence for water accounting and compliance; and (4) prioritise the cost and environmental effectiveness of water recovery. | - |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | S.A. Wheeler, E. Carmody, R.Q. Grafton, R.T. Kingsford, A. Zuo | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | - |
dc.rights | © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-NC-ND/4.0/). | - |
dc.source.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104755 | - |
dc.subject | Murray-Darling Basin plan; irrigation infrastructure subsidies; rebound effect; water markets; water governance | - |
dc.title | The rebound effect on water extraction from subsidising irrigation infrastructure in Australia | - |
dc.type | Journal article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104755 | - |
dc.relation.grant | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT140100773 | - |
dc.relation.grant | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP180100159 | - |
dc.relation.grant | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL190100164 | - |
dc.relation.grant | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP200101191 | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published | - |
dc.identifier.orcid | Wheeler, S.A. [0000-0002-6073-3172] | - |
dc.identifier.orcid | Zuo, A. [0000-0003-0425-4633] | - |
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