Technology

New technology to reduce water evaporation from large storages

This report describes laboratory work carried out to evaluate and further optimise the chemical and physical formulation of the proposed new ultra-thin film product. Three chemical systems were evaluated—EX1, EX2 and EX3.

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Report
2012
Product code NPSI1712
National Program for Sustainable Irrigation
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Irrigation Essentials - in brief 2012

This flyer also has a checklist for Irrigators who can use it to assess their performance.

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Fact Sheet
2012
Product code NPSI1612
National Program for Sustainable Irrigation
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Irrigation Essentials - updated 2012

Research and innovation for Australian irrigators

This report captures the key principles of sustainable irrigation at the farm scale. And is an update including recent research. The NPSI Knowledge Harvest brings together information from across the National Program for Sustainable Irrigation (NPSI) projects, highlighting key findings and promoting wider understanding. Key Harvest themes: Irrigation Overview – facts, figures and key concepts (more)...

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Report
2012
Product code NPSI06121
National Program for Sustainable Irrigation
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Irrigation Essentials - 2008

Research and innovation for Australian irrigators

The NPSI Knowledge Harvest brings together information from across the National Program for Sustainable Irrigation (NPSI) projects, highlighting key findings and promoting wider understanding. This document is a key part of the On-farm Irrigation Essentials theme. It summarises the fundamental principles underlying efficient and profitable irrigation, gives examples of leading-edge technologies and directs readers to sources of more (more)...

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Report
2009
Product code NPSI109
National Program for Sustainable Irrigation
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Kantri is for Laif

This report is the output of the LWA, NAILSMA and Tropical Savannas CRC project, A Strategy for the Promotion of Indigenous Knowledge and the Development of Indigenous Livelihoods on the Remote north Australian Indigenous Estate.

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National Program for Sustainable Irrigation
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Kantri is for Laif – Cultural Museum or National Asset

Country is Life

The project devised and documented ‘a strategy for the conservation and application of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) across northern Australia.’ The strategy is based on the findings that there had been limited consultation with interested Indigenous groups; undervaluing of IK contributions to land and sea management; a lack of coordinated effort to provide long term and appropriate investment in IK, a rapid loss of language (more)...

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Final Report
Product code PN30198
National Program for Sustainable Irrigation
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Technology Transfer and Adoption in Irrigation

National Program for Irrigation R&D

In September 1993 the Management Committee of the National Program for Irrigation R&D requested the authors to prepare a briefing paper on Technology Transfer. The Committee had identified technology transfer and adoption as a key issue for the R&D program to address.

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Report
1994
Product code PR940206
National Program for Sustainable Irrigation
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Development of value selection method for choosing between alternative soil moisture sensors

Final Report

The Australian Irrigation Technology Centre (AITC) identified in its 1993 [1] survey of irrigators the low level of adoption of soil moisture sensing devices (less than 7%), despite there being a number of soil water sensors which could be used by irrigators to help schedule irrigation. There is a large range of devices available commercially which make various claims about measuring and monitoring soil moisture status. The operation of these devices is based on a (more)...

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Report
1997
Product code ER970334
National Program for Sustainable Irrigation
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A social appraisal of the South Australian Virginia Pipeline Scheme: Five years

The Virginia Pipeline Scheme (VPS) is the largest scheme of its type in Australia (SA Water 2005; EarthTech 2005) and was established in 1999 to deliver unrestricted Class A reclaimed water to irrigators on the Northern Adelaide Plains (NAP) in South Australia. The purpose of this research was to investigate and report on the various stakeholder perceptions of reclaimed water used in the VPS (more)...

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Report
2005
Product code ER050961
National Program for Sustainable Irrigation
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A review of genetic algorithm technology for irrigation water ordering systems

In Phase 2 of the NPIRD an investment was made into the preliminary testing and incorporation of genetic algorithm technology (GA) for optimisation of advance water ordering in open channel irrigation networks.

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Report
2002
Product code ER020355
National Program for Sustainable Irrigation
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New technology to reduce water evaporation from large storages

Irrigation Essentials - in brief 2012

Irrigation Essentials - updated 2012

Irrigation Essentials - 2008

Kantri is for Laif

Kantri is for Laif – Cultural Museum or National Asset

Technology Transfer and Adoption in Irrigation

Development of value selection method for choosing between alternative soil moisture sensors

A social appraisal of the South Australian Virginia Pipeline Scheme: Five years

A review of genetic algorithm technology for irrigation water ordering systems

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