Solving the water crisis in Australian cities and towns with options contracts between urban and rural water users

我们将为水资源管理人员提供在农村和城市部门之间分配水资源的有力和有效工具。 这座桥的重要性不容低估。 迄今为止，城市中心一直在忍受严格的用水限制，以管理日益减少的城市供应商，同时忽视了从灌溉农业部门购买水的潜在好处。 此外，农村社区因干旱期间农业生产受到限制而遭受困难。 这项研究提案代表了一个令人兴奋的解决这两个问题，并提供了诱人的前景水资源短缺，在我们的首都城市和城镇成为遥远的记忆。

We will equip water resource managers with a powerful and effective tool for the allocation of water resources between rural and urban sectors. The importance of this bridge cannot be understated. To date urban centres have endured stringent water restrictions to manage dwindling urban suppliers, while ignoring the potential benefits of purchasing water from the irrigated agriculture sector. Furthermore, rural communities have suffered hardship due to restricted agricultural production during times of drought. This research proposal represents an exciting solution to both problems and offers the tantalising prospect of water shortages in our capital cities and towns becoming distant memories.