The News Review:

- Push on for higher pricing of water
- Move people, not water
- Four plateau counties seek new water source.

Push on for higher pricing of water
The Age – Feb 20, 2007
The head of the Australian Water Association, Chris Davis, madethe call in a paper he prepared for a major water report launchedyesterday by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia(CEDA). That body also said that farmers should pay more for water,alongside commercial users. “The water problem is so important to solve that we shouldn’ttry to prop up rural industries by providing them with cheapwater,” CEDA policy director David Walker said. Mr Davis said working out how to price recycled water —either for drinking or commercial purposes — would be acontinuing challenge.

Move people, not water
NEWS.com.au – Feb 20, 2007
But Mr Wharton called on Mr Beattie and Mr Howard today to think outside the square and shift development to areas where it was sustainable, suggesting tax incentives for those who moved to areas with a solid water supply. "In our catchment, we have 24 per cent of Australia’s surface water run-off, the Murray-Darling has five per cent – all the farming is in the wrong place," he said. He admitted the region could afford to divert 20 per cent of its water supply to the south but argued this would not fix the nation’s woes. "One of the first things they should do is stop the development (in water starved areas) and say, `You can’t build here for the next five to 10 years’. "They need to be more efficient with their water and we need to move the growth. "Someone needs to make a hard decision and say, `Let’s move the people to where the water is’. " Share this article.

Four plateau counties seek new water source.
Free with registration – Chattanooga Times/Free Press – AccessMyLibrary.com – Feb 20, 2007
20–Officials in the counties along the eastern edge of the Cumberland Plateau say population growth soon could tap out the available water supply. The Big Creek Utility Dis.