Water Scarcity: Setting the Scene

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Water Scarcity Setting the Scene

• Claude Piccinin
• Deputy Executive Director
• Water Services Association of Australia

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Water Availability

• Water is abundant, but .
• Treatment transport of resource raise serious
  issues
• cost
• environmental
• social
• risk management
• Reliability of source

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Climate Change (Perth)
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Drivers for Change

• (Increasing?) variability of climate
• Population growth/demographic change/urban
  consolidation
• Freshwater resources are fully allocated
• The sustainability agenda
• incl. trade off between water energy efficiency

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Urban Water Options
As reported in Securing Australias Urban Water
Supplies Opportunities and Impediments
Discussion Paper prepared by Marsden Jacob Assoc.
for the Dept of PMC.
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What is emerging

• The urban water industry is
• adapting to climate change
• getting its own house in order in relation to
  greenhouse gas emissions
• Australian cities have a successful record of
  demand management
• will continue in the future
• Future pressures on cities will require
  additional water sources
• all options to be considered on their merit
• different solutions to suit circumstances
• diversity of sources solutions
• Need the technical capacity to make correct
  decisions