Water demand due to population growth is outstripping improvements in Australians’ efficiency of household water use, according to new research commissioned by Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), in a report titled Big thirsty Australia: how population growth threatens our water security and sustainability.
The full report is attached and available to read from the SPA website HERE
The report finds that stabilising Australia’s population size is by far the cheapest, simplest, greenest and safest way to guarantee Australia’s water security. The alternative of ongoing high population growth would mean much higher water bills and greater energy requirements for desalination.
The embargoed report was announced in an earlier media release, Population growth weakening Australia’s water security: new report, distributed on 21/11/2024, and may be read in full HERE.
Contact details:
Peter Strachan
SPA National President
president@population.org.au
0412 400 952
Dr Peter Cook and Dr Jonathan Sobels
Report Authors
0427 709 456
Michael Bayliss
SPA Communications Manager
media@population.org.au
