Published - 24 June 2024 By Brad Missen Tambo River Auction – Irrigation Development Guidelines ensure best practice irrigation In late 2022, winter-fill irrigation water was auctioned by Southern Rural Water (SRW) to landholders along the Tambo River. Each property that bought water triggered … Read More Agriculture Victoria, allocation, Gippsland, irrigation, irrigation development Case studies, Water Management
Published - 21 June 2023 By John Paulet & Rob O'Connor Irrigation webinar series recordings Welcome to the Irrigation Webinar Series recordings page. Below you will find links to each recording as they become available. Webinar 16: New approach to delivery rights … Read More Agriculture Victoria, allocation, GMID, horticulture, irrigation decisions, irrigation webinar series, IVT, mallee irrigation, Plan2Farm, sMDB, water market, water price, water trade Water Management
Published - 22 June 2022 By John Paulet Who Got the Irrigation Water This Season and Why: Water allocation processes 9 June 2022 WATER ALLOCATION PROCESSES The connected southern Murray Darling Basin (sMDB) extends across northern Victoria, southern New South Wales, and parts of South Australia, and … Read More Agriculture Victoria, allocation, GMID, seasonal determination, sMDB Home, Water Management
Published - 5 July 2021 By John Paulet Climate impacts on streamflows and future water supplies 1 July 2021 Key messages: Compared to historical records, the following has been observed: Higher temperatures Reductions in winter rainfall Some increases in summer rainfall In some catchments, a shift in … Read More Agriculture Victoria, allocation, GMID, horticulture, irrigation decisions, irrigation webinar series, IVT, Plan2Farm, sMDB, water market, water price, water trade Water Management
Published - 2 June 2021 By John Paulet & Rob O'Connor Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) inquiry into Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) water markets – a Victorian irrigation perspective 28 May 2021 Key messages: Findings from the ACCC report include: Farmer’s water assets make up about 40% of their farm asset base Water markets allow farmers to sell … Read More ACCC, Agriculture Victoria, allocation, GMID, horticulture, irrigation decisions, irrigation webinar series, Plan2Farm, sMDB, water market, water price, water trade Water Management
Published - 4 May 2021 By John Paulet & Rob O'Connor Securing your future water needs: Harnessing carryover and other water products 30 April 2021 Key messages: Last summer’s La Nina reduced irrigation demand The MDBA active storage is at 45% (this time last year active storage was at 27%) Other … Read More Agriculture Victoria, allocation, GMID, horticulture, irrigation decisions, irrigation webinar series, IVT, Plan2Farm, sMDB, water market, water price, water trade, webinar Water Management
Published - 30 March 2021 By John Paulet & Rob O’Connor Goulburn to Murray trade and Murray delivery risk Key messages: The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) have conducted a review of inter-valley trade between the Goulburn and Murray. Delivery risks on the … Read More Agriculture Victoria, allocation, GMID, horticulture, irrigation decisions, irrigation webinar series, IVT, mallee irrigation, Murrumbidgee Valley, north east, Plan2Farm, sMDB, water market, water price, water trade, webinar Irrigation Systems, Water Management
Published - 2 March 2021 By John Paulet & Rob O'Connor Understanding and managing water price variability on farm webinar recording Key messages: Water supply across the whole southern connected basin is a key driver of allocation price. Inflows will be the key to future prices. There will … Read More Agriculture Victoria, allocation, GMID, irrigation decisions, irrigation webinar series, IVT, Plan2Farm, sMDB, water market, water price, water trade Water Management
Published - 5 February 2021 By Rob O'Connor & John Paulet Where is the water market heading in the long term? Webinar recording Key Messages: January 28th 2021 The price of irrigation water in the southern Murray Darling Basin (sMDB) has varied considerably in recent years. This has been driven … Read More Agriculture Victoria, allocation, GMID, horticulture, irrigation decisions, irrigation webinar, IVT, sMDB, water market, water price Water Management
Published - 14 March 2018 By GMID Seasonal determinations and Risk of spill Determinations Every season, entitlement holders who hold high and low-reliability water shares receive a percentage of those shares. The percentage depends on seasonal conditions and the volume … Read More allocation, GMID, risk of spill, seasonal determination, seasonal outlook Home, Resources, Water Management
