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

Conclusion
Interest in the DNRIS program fell during 2006-
2007, due to the lower than average water
allocations and the drought conditions experienced
across the SIR. Three approved applications are
current into the 2007-2008 financial year. A review
of the DNRIS will be conducted during 2007-2008
to determine its ongoing viability.
Environmental Assessment for Primary and
Community Surface Water Management
Systems
Project Target
Provide support, comment, reporting and report
compilation from an environmental assessment
perspective to the Primary and Community Surface
Water Management Program and the Sub-surface
Drainage Program, as required.
Primary Program
• Greens Swamp Management Plan.
• Assisted in the development and overseeing
of the writing of the Green Swamp
Management Plan with consultants Sinclair
Knight Merz (SKM), Tatura. Assisted in field
work (transects) document comment, editing,
landholder visits and explanation and final
individual landholder works agreements.
• Primary Surface Water Management System
landholder visits.
• Approximately 32 landholder or site visit days/
half days conducted with G-MW and SKM
on Murray Valley 11, Mosquito 40, Mosquito
36, Mosquito 22. These visits consisted of
discussion with landholders re final design,
alignment, placement, environmental issues,
structures, revegetation.
• Completed 21 Final Alignment Checks and
Realignment Checks that involved a response
to G-MW. Majority of responses from Murray
Valley 11, Muckatah Stage 8, Old Deakin 5P.
• One Property Vegetation Plan completed
jointly with DSE Benalla on Muckatah Main.
• Two Surface Water Management System
Planning Scheme Amendment Reviews
conducted: Mosquito 40 and Deakin 16.
Community Program
• Two initial Environmental Assessments
completed using the new format being a
20-page document with several maps and
associated text: Muckatah 4/8P and Muckatah
15P.
• Community Surface Water Management
Planning Works.
• 15 Community Surface Water Management
System realignment, landholder meetings, site
inspections.
• Community Surface Water Management
Program Planning Day.
Irrigation Drain Management
Targets
• Drain Management & Water Quality
Coordination - Support Irrigation Areas; input
to Drainwatch; participate in working groups.
• Irrigation Drainage Memorandum of
Understanding implementation - Decision
Support Systems for Key Performance
Indicators & Management Actions and
Catchment Asset Operation Plans; Murray
Valley Drain 13 project.
• Installation of flow meters on drainage
diversion pumps (approximately 10).
Progress Towards Targets
• Supported Irrigation Areas in drain diversion
management; input to Drainwatch community
monitoring program; input to Surface
Water Management Systems review; review
of drainage diversion agreements status;
participated in working groups.
• Implementation of Irrigation Drainage
Memorandum of Understanding Decision
Support System in Broken Creek catchment.
Initial work on SIR Catchment Assessment
Operational Plan to commence after final
sign-off of Stanhope Catchment Assessment
Operational Plan. Barmah-Nathalia
Catchment Assessment Operational Plan to
be done in conjunction with SIR Catchment
Assessment Operational Plan.
• Flowmeters were purchased and installed on
drain diversion pumps.
PROGRAM REPORTS
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