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Irrigation Stories

Using centre-pivot irrigation on a dairy farm has greatly improved water-use efficiency, pasture production and pasture quality compared to using traditional flood irrigation. More

Cows and Irrigation

Highlights

Irrigation Update

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Advice for Vegetable Growers using Treated Effluent

Three Publications on using recycled water.

Evaporation Mitigation Technologies Economic Ready Reckoner

Summarises the results of an evaporation study on farm dams.

Includes a 'ready reckoner' spreadsheet to help users calculate the cost of installing an evaporation reduction system, and how much water can be saved. Download the publication (pdf 709Kb) or use the ready reckoner.

New Publications

The National Program for Sustainable Irrigation has just released a terrific range of new publications.

The National Program for Sustainable Irrigation invests in research to improve the productivity and sustainability of irrigation in Australia.

Our research has led to improvements in water re-use, water-use efficiency, precision irrigation and community-wide irrigation planning.

NPSI Phase 2 brings together 14 funding partners, including government, water authorities and research agencies. The NPSI Phase 2 Strategic Plan is now available.

pdf NPSI Strategic Plan.pdf (pdf - 463KB)

NPSI Vision: Australian Irrigation that is valued for its environmental, economic and social contribution to a sustainable Australian Landscape.

NPSI Mission: To provide Australia with leadership through collaborative investment in research and innovation to achieve sustainable irrigation.

New Research

Northern Australia Irrigation Futures

The Northern Australian Irrigation Futures (NAIF) project has worked closely with the WA, NT, QLD and Australian governments and a range of other researchers and stakeholders, to deliver new knowledge, tools and processes to support debate and decision making regarding irrigation in northern Australia. The Final Report and Research Bulletins are now available.

New Publications

Research Update » pdf Views on Irrigation Policy in Australia (2008 NPSI/IAL Travel Fellow) (pdf - 189KB)

Research Bulletin » Long Term Sustainability of Precision Irrigation