Farm Water Program
Farm Water Program
Murray Dairy is part of a consortium across the Goulburn Murray Irrigation District that secured in principle an initial $25.8 million from round one of the Australian Government’s $300 million On-Farm Irrigation Efficiency Program in March 2010.
This funding is being administered through the region's Farm Water Program and will be invested throughout 2010/11 in projects developed by GMID irrigators through Expressions of Intent that were included in a Farm Water Business Plan.
The Northern Victoria Irrigation Renewal Project (NVIRP) recently announced that it will contribute $16 million to the Farm Water Program for projects that meet best practice and eligibility criteria, building on the Australian Government funding which is yet to be finalised.
Other consortium members are Goulburn Broken and North Central Catchment Management Authorities, Northern Victorian Irrigators Association, Northern Victoria Irrigation Renewal Project (NVIRP), Department of Sustainability and Environment, Department of Primary Industries, Dairy Australia and Goulburn–Murray Water.
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