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Effects of Basins on the Financial Viability of Sub-surface Drainage for Grapevines and Citrus in the MIA
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
Horticulture
Drainage Water
Saline Water
Salinity Control
Disposal Facilities
Underground Disposal
Cost Effectiveness
Economics
Waterlogging
Crops
Yield
Water Table
Optimisation
Modelling (Hydrological)
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Abstract / Summary:
CSIRO Land and Water Technical Report 13/00
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 financial viability of horticultural developments in the MIA with the inclusion of drainage and on-farm disposal basins. The report shows that the financial viability is sensitive to the property area, efficiency of irrigation, value of the crop and the sensitivity to waterlogging and salinity. This has ramifications for how disposal basins should be introduced into irrigation areas.
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