Project Information
The Tasmanian Water Use Management Project closely aligns with the National Water Initiative and will enhance Tasmania’s achievement toward a number of the initiatives objectives including assisting with;
Water planning;
Management of overused water systems;
Water trading initiatives;
Water Accounting;
Management of connected water resources;
Water use efficiency initiatives; and
Future adjustment issues.
The project is at a State wide scale and will provide an integrated system to manage water use data which will provide substantial benefits to water users, water managers and resource planners.
Duration
The project will be undertaken over 3 years commencing in May 2007 and is due for completion in June 2010.
Project Objectives
The environmental, social and economic objectives of the project are as follows:
provide reliable water use data for water planning and management purposes across Tasmania;
provide licensees with secure access to their water use data on a daily basis which will enable more water efficient production;
provide the Department of Primary Industries and Water (DPIW) with accurate water use data to assist with state water planning, compliance and management;
link with existing state wide research and extension programs on water use efficiency; and
seek to engage stakeholders to enhance the environmental social and economic benefits from the project.
Installing the Ajenti telemetry system
The Ajenti telemetry system is able to be installed on water meters that have a pulse output and have been approved by DPIW.
What Does the Funding Cover? The funding covers the telemetry equipment, standard installations, water data transfer and management costs, establishment of individual web user accounts to view water use data and maintenance during the three-year project lifecycle.
Accessing Water Data
The information is validated and DPIW remain the custodians of the information as is the case presently. Licensees can access their own data via a personalised password protected web account which provides access to daily water use and total water use from their website account for management and reporting purposes.
Benefits to Licensees
water use data collected on a daily basis electronically rather than manually;
better monitoring of on-farm water use and irrigation efficiency;
better monitoring of pump and irrigation system performance;
improved matching of irrigation to crop water use requirements;
assistance in securing current and future water entitlements; and
capture of individual historic water use data for analysis, planning and water use management purposes.
Field Days
May 2008
Intelligent Irrigation Field Days
As part of the NRM North Intelligent Irrigation Course, the Tasmanian Water Use project team held information sessions for farmers participating in the course in the Scottsdale, Longford and Deloraine regions. Farmers had the opportunity to find out about the Project and how they could get involved, as well as ask any questions that they wanted to discuss. Many of the farmers indicated that they will be installing or upgrading water meters in the near future, and so this information session was particularly relevant and interesting for them.
Articles & Links
For more information about the project or for any enquiries please contact the project helpline on 1300 850 064
Email: info@taswater.com.au
Department of Primary Industries & Water Licensing, Allocation & Dam Permits web page
To find out more about Ajenti click on the following link: www.ajenti.com.au
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