NVIRP is part of a consortium led by the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority that secured $25.8 million in March 2010 from the Australian Government's $300 million On-farm irrigation efficiency program. Other consortium members are the North Central Catchment Management Authority, Northern Victorian Irrigators' Association, the Department of Sustainability and Environment, Department of Primary Industries, Dairy Australia (including Murray Dairy) and Goulburn-Murray Water.
A 45-day Expression of Interest (EOI) process was undertaken from April to May in 2010. EOIs were required to demonstrate savings of at least 20 megalitres of water, with a minimum of 50 per cent of water savings being transferred to the Commonwealth as an unencumbered permanent water entitlement. The water will be used by the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder to improve environmental flows in stressed rivers and waterways.
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