Water charge rules for water planning and management charges, issues paper—October 2008

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released its issues paper seeking submissions on the development of water charge rules for water planning and management.

Consistent with Part 4 of the Water Act 2007, the Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, has written to the ACCC requesting advice on the water charge rules.

Establishing a set of water charge rules that apply to all Murray Darling Basin jurisdictions’ water planning and management charges will improve the transparency and availability of information regarding such charges and will assist the development of water markets by sending clearer pricing signals to water users.

Submissions must be provided to the ACCC by Wednesday, 12 November 2008.