Project Aim
Agricultural production has expanded significantly in the Coal River valley with irrigation. Further stages of the South East Irrigation Scheme envisaged at the time existing arrangements were developed have not eventuated. Current arrangements are not sufficient for either existing needs or for growth opportunities.
The south east project focuses on a permanent solution to irrigation needs in the south east from Forcett, through Sorell, Richmond Tea Tree and Brighton to the lower Jordan valley. Servicing the lower Jordan had initially been investigated as part of the Midlands Water Scheme but it is more feasible to consider irrigation arrangements for that area as part of a significantly expanded south east solution.
There are a number of current irrigation water sources within the study area: run-of-the-river water from Craigbourne Dam and the Jordan River, potable water from Southern Water and some treated sewerage re-use water.
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