Lessons for a viable water recycling industry

Amit Prempal Chanan; Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran; Jaya Kandasamy; Bruce Simmons

doi:10.1680/wama.2011.164.5.213

Lessons for a viable water recycling industry

Amit Prempal Chanan
, Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran
, Jaya Kandasamy
, Bruce Simmons

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	213-219
Number of pages	7
Journal	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Water Management
Volume	164
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1680/wama.2011.164.5.213
Publication status	Published - 2011

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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