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 Surface

  • “Drayton”, Gunnedah - 1,100ha furrow irrigated cotton and maize.

  • “Warilea”, Narrabri - 630 ha furrow irrigated cotton.

 

 

Sprinkler

  • Tamworth Regional Council - 14 centre pivots (610ha) for sewage effluent re-use.        

  • “Auscott”, Narrabri - 4 x 220ha lateral moves for cotton.

 

Drip

  • Yeppoon, QLD - 30ha above ground drip for banana and nut trees.

  • Gladstone, QLD - 3 x 150ha sub surface drip for Jojoba.

 

Design and supply or infrastructure for group irrigation schemes   

  • Yambocully Creek, QLD - 10,000ML per year.

  • Callandoon Creek, QLD - 6,000ML per year.

 

Storages

  • “Warrambool”, Wee Waa - 264,600 cubic meter embankment storing 1600ML.

  • “Hortonvale”, Cunnamulla -3 million cubic meter storing 24,500ML

 

Pump Stations

  • “Auscott”, Narrabri - 3 x 650mm volute centrifugal pumps reservoir pumping station, 4,200 L/s.

  • State Water, NSW - 3 x 500mm axial flow pumps emergency pumping station, 3,500 L/s.

 

Canal Structures

  • Buddah Lake Group Irrigation Scheme, Narromine - Reinforced concrete cut-throat flume with ultrasonic water level detection and automatic recording for flow measurement up to 7 cubic meters per second.

  • Trangie Nevertire Irrigation Scheme - 4,500mm wide 2,000mm high box culvert, Barooga Channel, , NSW

 

Weirs

  • “Cubbie Station”, Dirranbandi - 2m high steel pile and timber weir on the Balonne River and 2m high reinforced concrete weir on the Culgoa River.

  • Narrabri - 1.5m high x 300m long reinforced concrete weir across an urban floodway.

 

Effluent re-use

  • “Federation Farm”, Narrabri - Project Management of construction of effluent re-use farm.

  • “Llanglothen”, Bundanoon - Design and specification for 19 ha of solid set sprinklers for effluent re-use on Pasture.

 

Expert Witness

  • “Keytah”, Moree - Structural Failure of reinforced concrete pumping station.

  • Australian Quality Vines, Griffith - Failure of 29 ha of drip irrigation of nursery vines.

 

Flood Studies

  • Narrabri - Preliminary design and feasibility for a 186,000ML per day flood bypass channel around the township.

  • “Carlton”, Walgett - Levees to protect 1,260 ha of irrigated cotton.

 

Workshops and Training

  • Preparation of course notes and assessment questions for “Irrigation Design and Farm Layout Principles” for the University of New England for a postgraduate course “Cotton Production”.

  • Multiple training sessions and workshops on Irrimate™ and WaterTrack™ to both small and large groups.

 

Environmental

  • Environment protection Authority (EPA) of New South Wales - Preparation of draft Environmental Guidelines for the Management of Irrigation Farms.

  • Preparation of Environmental Impact Statements and Review of Environmental Factors for proposed and existing irrigation projects involving large scale surface irrigation, above ground water storages, canals, levees, etc.