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13.4.3 Point return of irrigation water to connected surface water

                             

Supporting information   


The volume recognised in the water accounting statements (36 ML) represents irrigation return flows from Bacchus Marsh Irrigation District into the Lerderderg River, which then flows into Melton Reservoir.

 

Quantification approach   


Data source

Southern Rural Water: Irrigation Planning Module Generation 2 database.

Data provider

Southern Rural Water.

Method

Irrigation water returns from the Bacchus Marsh Irrigation District were metered at each outfall point that returns water to the Lerderderg River.

Uncertainty

Metered data. Uncertainty is ungraded.

Approximations, assumptions, caveats/limitations

Nil.