NWA 2014 Ord Notes Supporting information for water accounting statements
Irrigation scheme. The Ord River Irrigation Area comprises an open canal network that is used to distribute water for irrigated agriculture. About 130 km² is irrigated on the Ivanhoe Plain (to the east and north of the river), with 20 km² irrigated on the Packsaddle Plain (to the west of the river), as shown in Figure R7.
NWA 2015 Ord Notes Supporting information for water accounting statements
The Ord River irrigation scheme in the east Kimberley region of WA, near to the NT border, is one of the longest running, most expensive and best known attempts to increase agricultural development in the north. With further Ord expansion proposed under current northern development policies, this paper summarises the history of the Ord and the.
NWA 2012 Ord Contextual information Water overview
The 653km Ord River across the border is the site of one of the largest. The Ord irrigation scheme began as a vision to bend nature to the will of the farmer and the pastoralist. The first.
Ord River Irrigation Expansion Goomig Farmlands, Western Australia Agriculture and Food
Irrigation scheme. The Ord River Irrigation Area comprises an open canal network that is used to distribute water for irrigated agriculture. About 130 km² is irrigated on the Ivanhoe Plain (to the east and north of the river), with 20 km² irrigated on the Packsaddle Plain (to the west of the river), as shown in Figure R8.
Ord River Irrigation Area Stock Photo Alamy
Ord River Irrigation Area. Weaber Plain Rd, Kununurra, 6743. Ranged around the town of Kununurra, the Ord River Irrigation Area consists of over 20,000 hectares of productive agricultural land growing tropical fruits, chickpeas, sugarcane, chia seeds and sandalwood and other crops. Take a drive around Weaber Plains and Packsaddle Roads to see.
NWA 2017 Ord Region description Geographic information
Lake Argyle is part of the Ord River Irrigation Scheme. (Image: Mark Higgins) These dramatic man-made changes have markedly altered the ecology of the lower Ord, transforming it into a river from the wet tropics, rather than the dry tropics as found elsewhere in the Kimberley. Now, the Ord is a dynamic riverine ecosystem, shaped by permanent.
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Lake Argyle is part of the Ord River Irrigation Scheme. (Image: Mark Higgins) These dramatic man-made changes have markedly altered the ecology of the lower Ord, transforming it into a river from the wet tropics, rather than the dry tropics as found elsewhere in the Kimberley. Now, the Ord is a dynamic riverine ecosystem, shaped by permanent.
Ord River surface water allocation plan Western Australian Government
Irrigation scheme. Figure R7 Ord River Irrigation Area . The Ord River Irrigation Area comprises an open canal network that is used to distribute water for irrigated agriculture. Water supplied to the Ord River Irrigation Area represents more than 90% of the total surface water entitlements in the region.
Water Overview National Water Account Online 2010
A mechanical harvester picking cotton in Kununurra at the centre of the Ord River Irrigation Scheme. (National Archives of Australia) With construction expected to take between 18-24 months, it is.
Location of the three irrigation schemes under study in the western... Download Scientific Diagram
Map detailing the ordiginal Ord Stage 3 proposal.. to capture water onsite and to draw water from the Keep River.. surrounding the expansion of the Ord Irrigation Scheme in WA is anything to.
Ord River Irrigation Expansion Mantinea Development area Agriculture and Food
Tropical agriculture on the Ord River in Western Australia's Kimberley region began in 1941. Fourteen thousand hectares of irrigated farmland started with the opening of the Kununurra Diversion Dam in 1963. Lake Argyle - the largest freshwater storage on mainland Australia - was created in 1971. The (now) Department of Primary Industies and Regional Development supports tropical.
NWA 2016 Ord Region description Geographic information
The Ord River is the site of one of Australia's most ambitious irrigation schemes and by the time this photograph was taken, the project was well under way. First conceived in the early 1940s, the project's viability was assessed by a joint federal and state research station from 1945 onwards, and by 1958 the Western Australian Government was.
Annual geomedian image of the Ord River Irrigation Area overlaid with... Download Scientific
West Australian farmers who had almost lost hope of ever seeing the Ord Irrigation Scheme expand beyond the border celebrate the release of prime agricultural land by the NT Land Corporation.
Location map to show key features of the Ord River Irrigation Project... Download Scientific
Other articles where Ord River Irrigation Scheme is discussed: Lake Argyle:.the main reservoir in the Ord River Irrigation Scheme, a public works project dating from 1945 and designed to irrigate the surrounding plains. The controversial project was troubled with economic and agricultural problems, although some tropical crops flourished. The area surrounding Lake Argyle is sparsely.
Ord River Irrigation Scheme nears expansion into Top End with selection of preferred developer
Lake Argyle, together with Lake Kununurra, is part of the Ord River Irrigation Scheme. Ord Stage 1. Ord Stage 1 covers 15,150 hectares of agricultural land, which currently has over 300 kilometres of irrigation channels and drains, over 120 regulators, 1200 service meters, and 61 individual customers..
NWA 2017 Ord Region description Geographic information
The Ord River Irrigation Scheme commenced operation in 1963 with a grant from the Australian Government. The early Ord River Stage One cotton and rice crops succumbed to natural pests and others were very low-yielding, influencing many farmers to leave the region. Recently, the WA Auditor General released an investigation report into the Scheme.
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