WGGA Water Policy
This WGGA Water Policy has been developed to guide the deliberations of the Australian wine grape sector relating to water rights, access, security, allocation and trade of water. The policy recognizes that access to irrigation water is essential to the
commercial production of wine grapes in most wine grape growing regions of Australia – and particularly in the warm inland production regions.
This Policy has been developed at a time of substantial change affecting water availability for many wine grape growers through the effects of prolonged drought, the emerging impact of climate change, and the recognition by Government, industry and community that the over-allocation of water resources has occurred within the Murray Darling Basin and elsewhere.
This Policy also recognizes that the impact of change in the security and availability of water for irrigation falls on regional communities as well as irrigators themselves.