Right now, it is very difficult to accurately measure the water losses from evaporation on farm dams but a recent scoping study funded by the National Program for Sustainable Irrigation estimated the loss is as high as 7,000 gigalitres per year from Queensland's section of the Murray-Darling Basin alone. Given that water extracted from our waterways for all purposes is around 20,000 gigalitres per annum in the whole of Australia, the potential savings from addressing evaporation losses are obviously worth pursuing.

Summarises information about in-stream wetlands and their management, so that woolgrowers can make informed decisions about what to do on their own property. This booklet includes definitions of basic terms, importance of waterways and wetlands, case study.

The partial root zone drying (PRD) method of irrigation, originally developed for grapevines, is now being used in a range of perennial tree crops in Australia and achieving some exciting results in citrus and pears, as well as grapes. The technique requires that wet and dry root zones are created simultaneously around each plant.

This booklet is one of a series published by Land and Water Australia about regional rangeland community planning processes. Others in the series include: Rangeways: Community Based Planning for Ecologically Sustainable Land Use in the North East Goldfields of Western Australia Central Highlands Regional Resource Use Planning Project: a Planning and Learning Experience.

Since the end of 2003 a tri-state syndicate of government agencies from western NSW, Victoria and South Australia has been working on a strategy to manage this salinity hazard. This Research Bulletin draws on some of the findings to date, focusing on results of monitoring root zone salinity and deep drainage in sprinkler and drip-irrigated citrus orchards and vineyards.

This factsheet is the master list of the CVAP series published in mid-1999 and updated in May/June 2002. There are four factsheets in the general CVAP Program category (G). The remaining codes refer to the four CVAP objectives and include all new projects funded mid- 1999, together with some continuing and recently- completed projects from earlier phases of CVAP. The categories are as follows: G=General CVAP information C=Climate Forecasting and Impacts A=Adaptive Systems M=Marketing Climate Information IE=Industry and Extension

This booklet provides advice for woolgrowers in the mid north grasslands and shrublands of South Australia, on using planning grazing to optimise productivity and environmental outcomes on their property. Emphasises the importance of management tools in

This document entitled Regional scenario planning in practice outlines the processes used in the Irrigation Futures project. It provides details of how we engaged the community to formulate scenarios, explore impacts, consider implications, and develop appropriate response strategies for our region. It has been developed as a guidebook for those who may wish to use a similar approach to planning with their communities. Users will obviously have to modify the processes to suit their

This publication forms part of the National Program for Sustainable Irrigation Irrigation Insights series. It explores some of the many facets of the term water use efficiency, and attempts to provide a simple, clear and concise guide to the topic. It also collates and summarises some of the current scientific and field knowledge, though with a rather 'Australia-centric' flavour. The publication was written to a brief that required the production of a compendium of current knowledge on water use efficiency that: *provides an explanation of and context for water use efficiency at a range of scales *reviews and assesses procedures for estimating water use efficiency *presents case studies and examples of water use efficiency estimation at a range of scales * reviews the current status of water use efficiency research and development. It is intended to appeal to a wide audience, from water users, through to academics, service sector, agencies and technocrats and, as such, is a practical, rather than theoretical, guide

This factsheet is a summary of the Integrating Biodiversity with Sustainable Grazing Systems project. Provides information about the success of Tasmanian Midlands wool producers, and the key aims, objectives and outcomes of the project.