Local recycled water in Sydney: A policy and regulatory tug-of-war

摘要: Abstract Local recycled water (LRW) can potentially contribute to resilient and sustainable urban services critical liveable cities. Investment in these systems has increased rapidly Australia the past 10 years, yet public private investment still be difficult, complex, costly risky. An depth case study analysis of Sydney, revealed that while local policy, institutional regulatory environment is on surface conducive uptake water, actual practice surprisingly mitigated against further broader systems. These instruments are often counteracted by multiple opposing levers some instances were developed for entirely different purposes. The generalizable insight a systematic, systemic, detailed review reveal unexpected contradictions provide strong defensible base from which develop strategies address unintended consequences remove barriers future investment.