| Water Week |
| Water Week |
(proof version) Nationally, 31,893 businesses reported barriers to changing irrigation practices. The most common barrier reported was lack of financial resources, reported by 56.1per cent of all agricultural businesses in Australia reporting barriers to change.
(Full Article)(proof version) About two-thirds of irrigators in the MDB changed their water management practices during 2004-05 after programs of grants were offered The ABS reported In August 2008, in 2004-05, the most common changes to irrigation practices in the MDB (as a proportion of total MDB irrigated farms) were:
(Full Article)(proof version) Because water availability remains very low, the allocation for town water supply remains on 50 per cent of entitlement. Town water supply authorities are asked to remain conservative with all water use. Compliance
(Full Article)(proof version) An initial allocation for Murrumbidgee high security users of 30 per cent announced on 1 August, was made possible because of increased inflows into the Snowy storages and small tributary inflows into Burrinjuck and Blowering Dams was rasied to 40pc.
(Full Article)(proof version) Water limits were set for critical industrial users in 2008/09, as water borrowed for last year had to be paid back.
(Full Article)(proof version) The graph shows the long term average inflows into the Murray River. The red line shows the current position in the 2008/09 water year.
(Full Article)(proof version) Changes to water accounting for losses had enabled Goulburn-Murray to find enough water to allow essential services.
(Full Article)(proof version) The seasonal allocations for Goulburn-Murray Water customers on 15 Aug 2008 were zero for Broken, Goulburn, Campaspe, Loddon, Bullarook Creek.
(Full Article)(proof version) . The River Murray system remains in severe drought. The long-term average inflow for July is 1 190 GL and the previous minimum for July was 135 GL in July 2006.
(Full Article)Peter Crisp - Nationals Member for Mildura - said the plan to repeal the Farm Water Supplies Advances Act - and other water acts, would create water problems for Mildura irrigators.
(Full Article)PROOF : First Murray Irrigation Trust had invested $2 million - intended for irrigation works - in Grange, and lost it when market crashed. The lost money, and reduced rainfall and allocations meant FMIT was no longer financially viable. It had made bad decisions, and poor management.
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