Solutions in Water

Issue No. 45 - Feb/March 2009

Percat trades on progress

Sophisticated water trading methodology will not only make Australia use water more efficiently but can generate export income, according to Adelaide-based Percat Water.

Percat’s operations include buying water, brokering water deals, leasing deals, water management plans, and investment in water licences, which is a growing business estimated to be worth $75 million.

A recent Percat innovation has been to enable the sale and lease back of water, where a property owner can sell permanent title and buy a water licence back after a period of time.

Principal, Dr Bob O’Brien says irrigators and water licence holders have improved cashflow by the move and allows an improvement of their balance sheet. "Separating water from land is an important >advance,” Bob says. “The world is watching the Australian model of market-based >instruments which operate on a temporary and permanent basis,” he says. Bob rates Australia’s total water market at $60bn and growing as...

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