Talking Water - Tuesday 19 March, 2024

This week's contents

Murray Irrigation General Meeting

• General Meeting updates

Operations

• Water allocation forecast
• Casual usage charges
• High demand for water delivery
• ICT modernisation
• Water Delivery Performance
• Talking Water data

Business

• National award for MIL GM

Industry

• Spotlight on cotton magazine - Autumn edition
• Rice Harvest Field Day

Community

• Berriquin Irrigators' Council General Meeting

Murray Irrigation General Meeting - 10 April 2024

Murray Irrigation's General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 10 April at the Deniliquin RSL, commencing at 10.00am.

Eligibility to vote and payment of accounts

To be eligible to vote, a shareholder must have paid all fees presently due and payable to the Company by the shareholder by 10:00am on Sunday, 7 April 2024 (that is, at least 72 hours before the meeting).

Shareholders who have a formal payment arrangement in place and are meeting the terms of their arrangement as at 10:00am on Sunday, 7 April 2024, are also eligible to vote.

Finding the latest General Meeting information

Shareholders who have an email address listed with the company will have received an email from Link Marketing Services last week with instructions on how to participate in the General Meeting online. Shareholders will also receive this same information via post. 

A page has been established on Murray Irrigation's website where shareholders can find the latest information about the upcoming General Meeting. This includes the Notice of Meeting and statements from all Directors.

You can find the General Meeting webpage at the following link:  www.murrayirrigation.com.au/general-meeting

• This webpage will continuously be updated as information is released.

Director contact details

If you would like to speak with any Murray Irrigation Directors about the General Meeting, you can find their contact details on the above mentioned General Meeting webpage, or as listed below: 

Phil Snowden

Chair

0427 839 217

Lachlan Marshall

Deputy Chair

0419 667 053

Brendan Barry

Shareholder Director

0427 519 481

Steven Fawns

Shareholder Director

0428 303 316

Troy Mauger

Shareholder Director

0417 375 168

Robert Burbury

Independent Director

0418 130 848

Trisha Gorman

Independent Director

0439 530 469

NSW Government releases forecast opening allocations for 1 July 2024 

A new Water Allocation Statement from the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) has been published on 15 March, which includes a water availability outlook for the 2024-25 season.

There is likely to be a commencing general security allocation of 30% of entitlement, which is an indicative allocation for the NSW Murray on 1 July 2024. 



High demand for water delivery

Ongoing hot weather, orders for rice, and the start of pasture watering mean that order demand is expected to remain high. 

Please place your orders as early as possible and with four days’ notice to guarantee delivery. 

Remember to lodge an unsatisfied order (see below how to do this) if you are unable to place your order on your preferred date. 

Select 'Reject' to lodge an unsatisfied order. 

You will then receive the below message: 

Select 'Continue'. 

This will place your order as an unsatisfied request and put you in the queue to receive your order as soon as capacity is available, or at a restricted flow in four days. 

You can find more details in our Water Ordering Guide or, alternatively, you can contact us and we can show you how.

Call us on 1300 138 265 or send us an email: customersupport@murrayirrigation.com.au

ICT Modernisation

As mentioned in previous editions of Talking Water, Murray Irrigation is in the process of identifying priority needs to bring our technology into the 21st century. 

This week we have Laura Barlow, Customer Engagement Team Leader, providing a quick summary on how this modernisation aims to improve the usability of the Customer Portal:

Water Delivery Performance 11/03/2024 - 17/03/2024 

Talking Water data 19/03/2024

All the detailed data for Murray Irrigation allocations, delivery, channel flow and Water Exchange temporary trade is available on our company web page below. 

To see the latest data for Murray system storages and rivers, visit the Murray Darling Basin Authority's River data page. 

Additional resources 

MDBA weekly report
NSW Water allocation statements
Rainfall and evaporation
Barmah Choke trade balance

The information and data provided in Talking Water is for general reference purposes only. We take best endeavours to ensure accuracy. 

MIL General Manager Business Development wins national Ag award

Tessa Chartres is pictured (at right) with fellow award winner Nancy Crawshaw following last week's awards ceremony in New Zealand. 

Murray Irrigation congratulates General Manager Business Development, Tessa Chartres, who has been named national winner of the coveted Zanda McDonald Award.

It is an impressive achievement and well-earned recognition for Tessa’s contribution to the company, community and to the agriculture industry in general.

You can read more about Tessa and the Zanda McDonald Award below.

Industry News

Spotlight on cotton magazine

Fresh off the pressers is the Autumn edition of the Spotlight ON COTTON R&D magazine.

This latest edition takes a look at the town of Coleambally, where growers have tackled the issue of soil variability. 

Spotlight is published by the Cotton Research & Development Corporation (CRDC), which is a research and development partnership between the Australian cotton industry and the Australian Government. 

Rice Harvest Field Day - this Thursday

Organised by Rice Extension, this field day is taking place this Thursday 21 March, at Rob and April Andreazza's Hanwood farm.

Awarded 2023 SunRice Grower of the Year, Rob and April are opening their farm for rice growers and enthusiasts to attend and see the latest harvesting equipment in action, and to ask questions to industry experts from:

• Serafin Ag Pro
• Intersales Griffith
• Codemo Machinery Services
• Hutcheon and Pearce
• JJ Farm Equipment
• Primary Sales

You will also get to hear from Rod Gribble on how to set up your headers this harvest.
 
The field day commences at 8.30am. Coffee, morning tea, and lunch will be provided.