Is it time for a new model of water quality laws?
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2000
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Moeller, A.L.
McKay, J.M.
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Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 2000; 17(3):165-175
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Twenty-five years after the introduction of national mandatory drinking water standards program in the United States, and sixteen years after Europe, Australia is in a much weaker position and does not have any mandatory standards for drinking water quality. This article presents an analysis of the regulatory methods and statutory provisions for domestic water in each of the six States of Australia. Voluntary national drinking water guidelines have been used to assist planning and management and can be seen as a type of defacto legal standard. However in the changing circumstances of the post CoAG era and resultant reforms, perhaps it is time that Australia moved towards a mandatory system, more akin to the established programs in the United States and Europe.
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