Who are the users of general purpose water accounting reports?
Due to the importance of water to Australia, there will be many diverse users of general purpose water accounts. The Preface to the WACF (para. 19) identifies the following categories of users: • water users — environmental, agricultural, urban, industrial and commercial; • investors in water dependent enterprises and related parties such as lenders, creditors, suppliers, insurers and water traders and water brokers; • government representatives and their advisors, including water related economic, environmental and social policy makers; • water industry regulators; • water managers including environmental water managers and water service providers, who may be interested in not just the water entities they manage but water entities they depend on or compare to; • groups and associations with water related interests; • water industry consultants; • academics; and • interested citizens. As such users cannot command their own water information, and they will rely on GPWARs to meet their i
