Water, Land and People - Goulburn Broken Catchment ...

Drainage Re-use System Project
A total of 66 Drainage Re-use Systems were installed
as part of the Drainage Re-use System Project in 2007-
2008 servicing 3,643ha. This was an increase on the 48
systems installed in 2007-2008 and an increase in the area
serviced 2,703ha.
Since the project started in 2001-2002, a total 12.94
percent of the irrigated area of the Goulburn Broken
component of the Shepparton Irrigation Region is
serviced by a Drainage Re-use System installed as part of
this project.
A total of 21 Drainage Re-use Systems were installed in
areas covered by a Local Area Plan servicing over 1,198ha.
Some interesting facts relating to Drainage Re-use
Systems installed in 2008-2009 were:
• The average time taken from application to payment
of a grant following installation was 17 months;
• The average grant payment was 43.50 percent of the
total costs.
Location of Drainage Reuse Systems installed
Grants totalling $739,884 (excluding GST) were paid
to landowners for installing Drainage Re-use Systems.
This was above the budgeted target of $650,000. When
broken down into the three components of the grant,
expenditure was as follows: $292,583 for earthworks,
$341,876 for pumps and motors, and $105,425 for
electricity. Landowners paid $1,701,075 (excluding GST)
for the installation of the Drainage Re-use Systems on
their properties.
There was an increase in the average grant payment from
$10,453 in 2007-2008 to $11,210 in 2008-2009.
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