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CRC PUBLICATIONS |
Minimising the Cost of Basins: Siting Design and Construction Factors
Jai Singh, Evan Christen
Publication Type:
Technical Report
This is a publication of the initial CRC for Catchment Hydrology
CRC Program:
Salinity (Previous CRC)
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Publication Keywords:
Irrigation
Drainage Water
Disposal Facilities
Saline Water
Design Data
Siting
Building and Construction
Cost Effectiveness
Leakage Control
Salt Disposal Basins
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Abstract / Summary:
CSIRO Land and Water technical Report 12/99
To limit salinity increases in the River Murray, there are pressures to minimise salt leaving irrigated catchments of the Murray-Darling Basin. Part of this strategy is to store drainage disposal water in the irrigation areas themselves and use disposal basins. Unfortunately, there are no existing guidelines for siting, design and management of such disposal basins. The CRC for Catchment Hydrology and CSIRO Land and Water, with support from the Murray-Darling Basin Commission have embarked on a project with the overall objective of producing such guidelines for the Riverine Plain of the Murray Basin. This report is one of several reports being produced in this project to support the guidelines. It deals with the topic of costs associated with disposal basins. If less water is exported into streams, there are increased costs associated with storing the drainage water in the irrigation water. If these costs are sufficiently high, more consideration needs to be given to the type of irrigation development that occurs and whether it will be financially viable with the inclusion of storage of drainage water.
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