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Irrigation Insights 3 - Guidelines for good practice for the construction and refurbishment of earthen irrigation channel banks

Good asset management practices can significantly increase the life of an irrigation channel and reduce its life cycle costs. This publication provides a guide to methods of construction and refurbishment of earthen irrigation channel banks. The Guidelines provide practical guidance for the construction and refurbishment of earthen irrigation channel banks, which, if followed, should reduce life cycle costs. Throughout Australia the irrigation industry has been undergoing major (more)...

Standards and Codes in the Irrigation Industry

A position paper

This report has been prepared in response to a request from the Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation (LWRRDC) to the Australian Irrigation Technology Centre (AITC) to prepare a paper detailing the current status of standards and codes as they relate to the irrigation industry in Australia.

National workshop to initiate establishment of national standards for irrigated crop water balance and ETc field methodologies

Workshop summary report

A national workshop was convened by National Program for Irrigation Research and Development (NPIRD) to establish the need for national standards for irrigated crop water balance and crop evapotranspiration (ETc1) field methodologies. The workshop was attended by representatives of relevant state agencies and federal organisations. Participants all had a sound understanding of the use of ET in their organization at a technical level and were also able (more)...