TY - JOUR
T1 - Lessons for a viable water recycling industry
AU - Chanan, Amit Prempal
AU - Vigneswaran, Saravanamuthu
AU - Kandasamy, Jaya
AU - Simmons, Bruce
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The platform on which the Labour government came to power in Australia in November 2007 included a policy of setting a national wastewater recycling target of 30% by the year 2015. A similar target-based approach was followed by the solid waste recycling industry in Australia the policy of which focused on supply and did not adequately acknowledge the price competitiveness of the product and its demand. This paper highlights the lessons from the solid waste recycling industry and applies them to the water recycling sector. A sound water pricing regime that reflects the true costs of water and a competitive water industry is offered as a better policy alternative to setting recycling targets.
AB - The platform on which the Labour government came to power in Australia in November 2007 included a policy of setting a national wastewater recycling target of 30% by the year 2015. A similar target-based approach was followed by the solid waste recycling industry in Australia the policy of which focused on supply and did not adequately acknowledge the price competitiveness of the product and its demand. This paper highlights the lessons from the solid waste recycling industry and applies them to the water recycling sector. A sound water pricing regime that reflects the true costs of water and a competitive water industry is offered as a better policy alternative to setting recycling targets.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/553780
U2 - 10.1680/wama.2011.164.5.213
DO - 10.1680/wama.2011.164.5.213
M3 - Article
SN - 1741-7589
VL - 164
SP - 213
EP - 219
JO - Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Water Management
JF - Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Water Management
IS - 5
ER -
