| Project title |
Coordinator |
Collaborators |
Funding |
Duration |
| Land and water use |
Irrigation management programs |
Jeremy Giddings |
NSW DPI Dareton |
Water Management fund - NSW |
Ongoing |
Skills development in application efficiency |
Maxine Schache |
Vic DPI-Mildura, MCMA |
Vic DSE, NAP |
Ongoing |
Efficient reuse and recycling of organic wastes |
Austin Brown |
Vic DPI-Werribee, Mildura, Knoxfield and Tatura |
CRC-CARE, Vic DPI |
2005-2008 |
Water Use Efficiency – Case Studies
- Cobdogla (20 growers)
- Murtho (12 growers)
- Pike River (78 growers)
- Bookpurnong/Lock 4 (24 growers)
Development of IRES (Irrigation Recording and Evaluation System) and rollout to case study groups. |
Tony Adams |
Rural Solutions Loxton |
RMCWMB, DWLBC, PIRSA |
2001-2008 |
Water Use Efficiency – Drainage |
Tony Adams |
Rural Solutions Loxton |
RMCWMB |
2004-2008 |
Code of Practice – developing guidelines for growers to meet 85% water use efficiency. |
Tony Adams |
Rural Solutions Loxton |
DWLBC |
Ongoing |
Mallee Irrigation Efficiency Incentives |
Maxine Schache |
Vic DPI-Mildura, Vic DSE, MCMA, FMIT, Lower Murray Water |
Vic DSE, NAP |
Annual Review |
Saline Horticulture |
Rob Stevens |
SARDI Loxton |
CNRM |
2004-2007 |
| Irrigation Drainage |
Rob Stevens |
SARDI Loxton, CSIRO MAR |
CNRM |
2006-2009 |
| Enhancing the resilience of permanent horticulture in South Australia |
Mark Skewes, Joanne Pech |
SARDI Loxton, PIRSA, Rural Solutions SA, NSW DPI, Vic DPI, CSIRO PI, MDBC |
SARDI |
2007-2008 |
Dried fruit irrigation benchmarking |
Maxine Schache,
Julio Vargas |
Vic DPI-Mildura, NSW DPI Dareton, Rural Solutions SA ICMS |
NAP/Vic DSE |
Ongoing |
Irrigation benchmarking – centre pivot irrigated potatoes |
Linda Pollock, Karl Sommer |
Vic DPI |
Mallee CMA, Vic DPI, Vic DSE |
2005-2008 |
Managing soil and water to target quality and reduce environmental impact |
Ian Goodwin |
Vic DPI-Tatura, part of GWRDC Soil and Water Initiative including Vic DPI-Mildura |
GWRDC, CSIRO, Vic DPI |
2005-2009 |
| Facilitating resilience of Riverlink's horticulture to water and climate changes |
Stuart Putland |
Vic DPI-Mildura, PIRSA, NSW DPI, CSIRO PI |
Vic DPI |
2007-2010 |
