Chapter 3
I Background
II Early European Settlements
III Assessment Of Available Water Resources
IV Water Supplies For Goldmining Development
V Irrigation Development
VI Farm And Stock Water Supplies
VII Urban Water Supplies
VIII Wastewater Management And Treatment
IX Water Quality Management
i Eppalock reservoir catchment project
ii Ord River catchment regeneration project
iii Salinity reduction
X Limnological And Water Quality Research
XI New Techniques In Water Resource Planning And Management
XII Legislation
XIII Conclusion
XIV List Of Abbreviations
XV Acknowledgements
XVI Plantations-high Productivity Resources
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Because of the large area of Australia and the relatively small population concentrated in large urban settlements around the coast, this country has been spared many of the problems of preserving water quality which are found in the more populous regions of Europe and America.
Nevertheless, the low and variable rainfall in the more heavily settled areas, the intermittent nature of stream flows, the generally light and friable soils of developed land, and the widespread occurrence of saline soils and groundwater have combined to generate a need for land use controls of a diverse and interesting nature in recent years. Some examples, which have involved the development of new approaches, or the adaptation of overseas techniques are given below.
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