There were primarily two objectives to the project:1. Collate and publish existing information on irrigation management benchmarks within the Australian Cotton industry. The following draft report was prepared: Payero, J.O. and Harris, G.A. 2007 Benchmarking water management in the Australian Cotton Industry, Cotton Catchment Communities CRC/Dept of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Toowoomba2. Implement strategies to gather and report on cotton industry water management benchmarks in an on-going fashion to monitor performance of the industry.