Contents

Summary 4

1 What could the future of water look like? 7

1.1 What competing pressures contribute to the projected water resource deficit? 7

2 Policy and legislation 17

2.1 An overview of responsible parties 17

2.2 The statutory water resource planning process 20

3 Addressing the water supply deficit 24

3.1 Supply-side measures 24

3.2 Demand-side measures 27

4 Further reading 31