About the Region
The Loddon Valley irrigation area in the Goulburn-Murray Irrigation District stretches from Echuca in the north-east past Rochester in the south-east to Lockington in the west.
The area is part of the Loddon River Basin, which covers approximately 15 320 square kilometres from the Great Dividing Range to the Murray River. Land use includes sheep and cattle grazing; crop production; fruit, vegetable and forest industries and pig and poultry farming. Crops including wheat, barley, oats and hay are grown in this area using irrigation.
There are approximately 568 irrigation properties in this region and 1 744 kilometres of open irrigation channels. The average volume of water used for irrigation in this region is 92 gigalitres per year.
Planned Works
The NVIRP project aims to install approximately 58 kilometres of channel lining, 564 regulator gates and 977 metres in this region.
To learn more about NVIRP's plans to connect the majority of landowners to the modernised backbone system of irrigation channels, please click here
To view a map showing planned future works for the Loddon Valley irrigation area, please click here
Key Contacts
NVIRP's Pyramid Hill Office
Prue Addlem (Mon-Wed) and Melanie Tanner (Thurs-Fri)
(03) 5451 6832
Modernisation Coordinators
Bill Streader and Ted Carmody
(03) 5451 6830
Loddon Valley Modernisation Consultation Committee
Sue Bennett: (03) 5455 1275
Paul Gill: (03) 5457 8210
Chris Harrison: (03) 5455 1251
Tony Henry: (03) 5457 8218
Keith Lawry: (03) 5436 8338
Laurie Maxted: (03) 5455 2122
John McEwen: (03) 5456 4633
Robert Moon: (03) 5455 1292
John Nelson: (03) 5455 2255
Ken Pattison: (03) 5494 7324
Pat Quinn: pmquinn@activ8.net.au
Goulburn-Murray Water
Loddon Operations: (03) 5451 6800
http://www.g-mwater.com.au/
Goulburn-Murray Water, Water Services Committee
LoddonWSC@g-mwater.com.au
