About the Region
The Murray Valley irrigation area in the Goulburn-Murray Irrigation District stretches from Cobram in the east to Strathmerton in the west.
The area is part of the Upper Murray River Basin, which covers 15 280 square kilometres in Victoria and New South Wales. The Murray River forms the north and east sides of the Victorian part of the Basin and the southern boundary extends across the Great Dividing Range. Land in this area is mainly used for dairying, grazing and forestry.
There are approximately 2 181 irrigation properties in this region and 930 kilometres of open irrigation channels. The average volume of water used for irrigation in this region is around 363 gigalitres per year.
Planned Works
NVIRP aims to install approximately 120 kilometres of channel lining, 669 regulator gates and 1 237 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 Murray Valley irrigation area, please click here
Key Contacts
NVIRP Modernisation Coordinators, Cobram Office
Matt Hanlon, Geoff Simkin, Jamie Docker, Zara Milenkovic and Fiona Elgin
(03) 5873 3831
Murray Valley Modernisation Consultation Committee
Jason Andrew: (03) 5864 6412
Max Baker: 0429 099 559
Dudley Bryant: (03) 5864 1124
Wendy Buck: (03) 5874 5282
Barry Croke: (03) 5865 8231
David Darby: (03) 5872 2063
Heather du Vallon: (03) 5864 1161
Alan Hendy: (03) 5865 8250
Jim McKeown: (03) 5873 2276
Paul Mundy: (03) 5864 1311
Phil Ross-Soden: (03) 5874 5227
Goulburn-Murray Water
Murray North-East Operations: Cobram Office: (03) 5873 3800, Wangaratta Office: (03) 5723 3200
Central Murray Operations: (03) 5451 0111
www.g-mwater.com.au
Goulburn-Murray Water, Water Services Committee
MurrayValleyWSC@g-mwater.com.au
