Economic analysis of investment in stream–aquifer interaction technical and management challenges

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Return on investment report

Land & Water Australia investmented in this project through a Senior Research Fellowship granted by Land & Water Australia to Dr Richard Evans. The project was initiated in November 2004 and the final report submitted in March 2007.

The rationale for this Land and Water Australia project included the lack of a national approach for managing Australian groundwater resources and no nationally agreed method for assessing the relationship of groundwater to stream surface flows. Australian groundwater contributes about 17 per cent of the currently available water resource but makes up 30 per cent of total water consumption.