January 2007. Improving Soil Structure (pdf - 1587KB) - Summarises the extensive work on improving soil structure and creating 'super soils' by Dr Bruce Cockcroft from northern Victoria.
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May 2006, Understanding Evaporation - Right now, it is very difficult to accurately measure the water losses from evaporation on farm dams. Given water extracted from our waterways for all purposes is around 20,000 gigalitres per annum in the whole of Australia, the potential savings from addressing evaporation losses are obviously worth pursuing.
May 2005, Subsurface Irrigation - Subsurface drip irrigation has shown great potential for increasing crop yield and uniformity, while decreasing water use and environmental impact
May 2005, Implementing partial rootzone drying - The partial rootzone drying (PRD) method of irrigation, originally developed for grapevines, is now being used in a range of perennial tree crops in Australia and achieving some exciting results in citrus and pears, as well as grapes
May 2005, Wastewater recycling in nurseries - Reducing water run-off, minimising nutrient leaching and optimising irrigation efficiency are major challenges for the nursery industry
May 2005, Evaporation losses from farm dams - As much as 40% of water stored in a farm dam can be lost through evaporation, depending on the depth of the dam and its surface area
February 2004, Establishing a standard approach - Factsheet No. 5 - Reccomendations for establishing an Australian framework of terms and definitions for water use efficiency
February 2004, Investigating improvement to irrigation drainage systems - Factsheet No. 4 - Details of the latest research into nutrient removal from rural drainage systems using wetlands
February 2004, Finding the common ground - Factsheet No.3 - Key findings from the National workshop to initiate establishment of National standards for irrigated crop water balance and ETC field methodologies
September 2003, Irrigation Ecological Risk Assessment Project Factsheet No 2- Investigations for Risk Asessment: a further update on this work, now that the project has moved into its second phase.
March 2003, Irrigation Ecological Risk Assessment ProjectFactsheet No 1- update on work now underway to develop a generic framework for assessing the ecological risks associated with Australian irrigation systems