Industry Sector - Water
EconSearch has experience in a wide range of water related projects. Several of these have involved the analysis of infrastructure projects such as the rehabilitation of the Loxton Irrigation District and construction of the Salt Interception Schemes at Bookpurnong in SA and Glen Villa in NSW.
Our water industry assignments have included several projects for Government focussing on water policy issues. These have included assessment of market based measures (e.g. buybacks and leasing arrangements) for water recovery for the River Murray and incentives to encourage on-farm investment and uptake of water use efficiency measures in SA.
Working with irrigators and other water industry stakeholders has been a characteristic of many of our water industry projects. An example was the volumetric conversion project for irrigators in the Mallee Prescribed Wells Area. This involved coordinating a process to achieve agreement from key stakeholders regarding the volumetric conversion for water licences, a process which ensured the protection of the water resource and met reasonable irrigator requirements.
Profiling the economic characteristics of irrigation activity in regions, undertaking non-market assessments (e.g. economic value of irrigation in urban green open space ) and developing decision support models for water resource management are also areas where EconSearch has considerable expertise and experience.
View the Water Projects undertaken by EconSearch.
Latest News
Adelaide Hills Investment Conference
25 February 2010: Julian Morison presented a paper to the highly successful Adelaide Hills Investment Conference held in Mount Barker and hosted by Regional Development Australia. His presentation on Regional Economics for the Investment Business Case can be downloaded here.
Release of the Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce Report
8 February 2010: The Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce (NALWT) has released their final report on the sustainable development of northern Australia. EconSearch contributed to three chapters (9, 10 and 11) of the Northern Australia Land and Water Science Review 2009, a report commissioned by the Taskforce and coordinated by CSIRO in collaboration with over 80 of Australia’s leading scientists. To access the Science Review and NALWT website click here.
Release of Preliminary Economic Indicator Reports
21 December 2009: Preliminary Economic Indicator reports for the commercial fisheries of South Australia have been released for 2008/09. Click here to download the reports.
State of SA Book Launch
4 November 2009: Julian Morison and Lisa Rippin attended a launch for the book titled State of South Australia: From Crisis to Prosperity? held at the Art Gallery of SA and launched by the Premier, The Hon Mike Rann MP. Julian and Lisa together with Matthew Ferris authored one of the book’s chapters, 'South Australian Regions'.