Characteristics
- Institutional Reform
- established water and sewerage corporations, economic regulator, ombudsman. - established irrigation boards.
- Long term vision for irrigation.
- Asset management plans for water and sewerage under developed.
- Urban infrastructure run down in parts.
- Maintenance of urban infrastructure underfunded in parts.
- Poor compliance with environmental and health obligations for urban water and sewerage services.
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Key Reforms
- Annual rigorous reporting on state of sector urban water and sewerage.
- Independently regulated price and service plans for urban water and sewerage sector.
- State water plan - integrating urban and rural.
- Separate regulatory, delivery and policy functions for urban water and sewerage sector.
- Impacts of climate change incorporated into modelling of long term water availability.
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Vision Characteristic
- Infrastructure optimised for sustainable delivery of water sustainability.
- Water delivered to its most productive use.
- Water management based on real time information.
- Urban water funded on sustainable basis.
- Infrastructure upgraded.
- Water delivered on a commercial basis.
- Urban and rural water systems integrated.
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