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SEMINAR: Groundwater Regulation in a Drying South West

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Today's date is Friday, March 29, 2024
Groundwater Regulation in a Drying South West : This seminar is part of the Centre for Water Research seminar series. Other events...
The South West of Western Australia has experienced a significant decline in rainfall since the mid-1970s, and further reductions are expected due to human-induced climate change. Increased groundwater extraction has helped meet water demand, but has tested the capacity of groundwater laws to keep extraction within sustainable limits.

This talk will draw from Western Australia’s experience to explore an important question facing a number of regions of the world due to climate change: how can groundwater use be maintained within sustainable limits in a drying climate? The talk will focus on the role of groundwater regulation.

It will be suggested that there is a better chance of achieving this goal with a regulatory framework that covers all significant extraction activities, takes climate change projections into account, has flexible water entitlements and saves some groundwater as a ‘drought reserve’.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Michael Bennett has more than 15 years experience in environmental law and policy. He was Principal Solicitor of the Environmental Defender’s Office of Western Australia between 1996 and 2002 and since then has worked on a diverse range of environmental law issues as a public servant with the Western Australian Department of the Premier and Cabinet and the Commonwealth Climate Change and Environment departments.

In 2013-14 Michael worked as a researcher for a project, funded by the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, examining groundwater regulation in South West Western Australia. Michael is currently a PhD candidate within the Faculty of Law at The University of Western Australia.

PS* This seminar is free and open to the public & no RSVP required.

****All Welcome****
Speaker(s) Michael Bennett, PhD candidate Faculty of Law at the University of Western Australia
Location Blakers Lecture Room, Ground Floor, Mathematics Building, The University of Western Australia
Contact Askale Abebe <[email protected]> : 6488 7565
Start Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:00
End Wed, 05 Nov 2014 17:00
Submitted by Askale Abebe <[email protected]>
Last Updated Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:29
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