3.1 Urban water

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Urban drinking water quality
• Water supply
• Sources and volume of water drawn
• Pressures
• Water demand
• Responses
• State Plan 2006
• Water sharing plans
• Metropolitan water use
• Urban water use in regional NSW
• Other Government responses
• Urban water quality and river health
• Future directions

3.2 Energy

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Energy sources
• Energy use
• Energy production
• Electricity generation
• Pressures
• Energy consumption
• Electricity consumption
• Responses
• Energy sources
• Energy efficiency
• National initiatives
• Future directions

3.3 Transport

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Overview of transport in NSW
• Travel patterns in Sydney
• Freight transport in NSW
• Energy consumption
• Pressures
• Responses
• Integrated land-use and transport planning
• Redirecting freight from road to rail
• Traffic congestion
• Public transport
• Walking and cycling
• Future directions

3.4 Waste management

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Waste disposal rates and trends
• Virgin excavated natural material
• Recycling rates
• Pressures
• Responses
• Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy
• Major programs and activities
• Future directions

3.5 Noise

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Noise impacts on urban amenity
• Pressures
• Responses
• Preventing noise impacts
• Legislative framework for noise control
• Future directions

References