Management

• What is the Australian Government Water Fund?

  a $2 billion investment focusing on water infrastructure and improved management of scarce water resources
• Give an example of a “water smart” project introduced in 2007

  Lake Brewster Water Efficiency Project
• What are some aims of he Lake Brewster Water Efficiency project?

  To save up to 10 gigalitres of water and improve water security by 4% by managing the river in a natural way
• Drought-tolerant plants like wheat plant ‘Drysdale’ yield 5% more than other varieties of wheat under dry conditions
• Farmers are planting more trees and shrubs, reducing amount of ploughing, and leaving stubble in fields to protect other plants
• In 2007, a new desalination plant was announced to be built near Melbourne, one of the largest in the world
• What are water buybacks?

  Farmers can sell back their allocated water to the government for money. Many farmers feel theya are being pressured into doing so