A Guide to Managing Water for the Environment

This guide presents six elements that can be helpful when establishing or reforming a policy framework for managing water for the environment in any jurisdiction, based on learnings from the experience of Australia and other countries: 

• Confirm a vision for water management and the value of water 
• Understand changing water availability and demand over time 
• Determine allocation of water between uses 
• Ensure effective water policies and institutions 
• Plan, monitor and deliver water for the environment 
• Assess and improve system effectiveness and efficiency