Gannawarra 2025 - Gannawarra Shire Council
Gannawarra 2025 - Gannawarra Shire Council
Gannawarra 2025 - Gannawarra Shire Council
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8.5 Water<br />
• Water will be the defining issue for the <strong>Gannawarra</strong><br />
<strong>Shire</strong> over the next 15 years<br />
• Irrigated agriculture has been the backbone of the<br />
<strong>Gannawarra</strong> economy and is likely to remain so.<br />
However, the Murray-Darling Basin Plan will<br />
fundamentally change how irrigation works in<br />
Victoria.<br />
• Irrigated land has 20 times the productivity of dryland<br />
agriculture.<br />
• The level of Commonwealth environmental water<br />
purchase is expected to continue for 5 years.<br />
• Changes in legislation such as the potential removal of<br />
the 4% limit on water trade out of the district; plus the<br />
removal of restrictions of the 10% limit of water held<br />
by non-water users could cause further economic loss.<br />
• The impact of the Murray Darling Basin Plan (MDBP)<br />
is yet to be fully explained and understood.<br />
• Converting some farms in the area to dryland<br />
operations will be challenging because of scale, soil<br />
type and difficulties with land aggregation.<br />
<strong>Gannawarra</strong> <strong>Shire</strong> <strong>Council</strong> 2010<br />
<strong>Gannawarra</strong> <strong>2025</strong>, Strategic Community Plan 29
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