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Outcomes and Fact Sheets

The "On-Ground Assistance to Achieve Irrigation Efficiency in the South Australian Murray Darling Basin" Project

 Aim
  • To provide irrigators with education & awareness programs to:
  • Assist the adoption of on-farm irrigation best management practice, and;
  • Improve on-farm irrigation water use efficiency to a target of 85%
 

The Project

  • The Project was initiated in 2000.
  • The Project area now extends from the South Australian Border to the Murray Mouth, including the 6 riverine and 2 lower lakes Local Action Planning areas.
  • 5 Irrigation Field Officers are employed to implement the Project's activities.
  • The Project area includes approximately 55,000 hectares of irrigation in the SA Murray Darling Basin.
  • The Project area includes over 4,500 irrigators within Irrigation Trust Districts as well as private diverters.
  • The Project is implemented in partnership between the 6 riverine and 2 lower lakes Local Action Planning areas, Central Irrigation Trust, Renmark Irrigation Trust, and the River Murray Catchment Water Management Board.
  • The Project is part of the implementation of the 18 community Land & Water Management Plans in the SA Murray Darling Basin.

 

Fact Sheets

Fact sheet 1 - AWSN (1.5mb)

Fact sheet 2 - Soil Water (280kb)

Fact sheet 3 - Application Rate (246kb)

Fact sheet 4 - How much water to apply (171kb)

Fact sheet 5 - Soil Moisture Monitoring Tools (233kb)

Fact sheet 6 - Floating Flags (200kb)

Fact sheet 7 - System Assessment (233kb)

Fact Sheet 9 - Flushing (175kb)

Fact sheet 8 - Chlorination (178kb)

Fact sheet 10 - Conversion Unit (99kb)


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