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MIL’s survey for future water solutions

Apr 25, 2025

Murray Irrigation Limited customers and shareholders are being encouraged to participate in a survey which will guide the development of a new feasibility study.

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The $6 million feasibility study project, which aims to find a pathway forward that will minimise the resultant harm of water buybacks on farmers and communities, has been approved.

Murray Irrigation is partnering with Coleambally Irrigation Cooperative Limited and Murrumbidgee Irrigation Limited on the project.

The funding for the study will be divided between the three southern irrigation infrastructure operators, under a project called Business Resilient Southern Irrigation Districts (BRSID).

The MIL portion of the program will focus on reviewing the previously modernised $320 million network asset upgrade program, which the company undertook as part of the Federal Government's Private Irrigation Infrastructure Operators Program (PIIOP) between 2012 to 2019.

The customer/shareholder survey responses are anonymous, and the survey is being delivered by an independent facilitator and feasibility study partner, GHD.

“The feedback received via this survey will help us to understand how Murray Irrigation can ensure future investment opportunities are implemented and utilised in a way which reflects customer needs,” the company said.

A link to the survey can be found in MIL’s latest Talking Water, or go to ghd.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bybRvvZrVnbdK2q.

By Deniliquin Pastoral Times

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