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A penalty minimisation resource (water) allocation model to simulate the effects of new infrastructure in the Goulburn irrigation system
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Fernandes, Marisa Schreider, Sergei Yu |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Abstract | The Goulburn Irrigation system is considered to be a large and complex irrigation system. As documented in Our Water Our Future (2007), the Goulburn system together with Victoria's Murray irrigation system account for over 70% of Victoria's stored water, and provide 3, 500 GL of water for irrigation annually. As part of the Our Water Our Future plan, the Food Bowl Modernisation Project has been initiated at a cost of $2 billion go the Government and water authorities, scheduled for completion in 2012. It is estimated up to 900 GL of water is lost annually due to inefficiencies in the system. The Project has the potential to capture 450 GL, expected to capture 425 GL of this previously lost water annually. The Sugarloaf Interconnector is currently under construction and will connect the Goulburn Murray water grid to the Melbourne water grid. The pipe is one way from the Goulburn River near Yea to the Sugarloaf Reservoir. Only water gained via the Food Bowl Modernisation project is to be used for this pipe, up to 75 GL of water per year. Water is expected to be available for Melbourne by 2010. The remainder of the savings is to be spread evenly with irrigators and rivers (175 GL each). |
| Starting Page | 3810 |
| Ending Page | 3816 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://mssanz.org.au/modsim09/I11/fernandes.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
