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Delivering the Future Private Irrigation Infrastructure Operators Program in NSW (PIIOP) Round Two Final Report October 2019 Murray Irrigation Limited (ABN 23 067 197 933) is a Company limited by shares, incorporated and domiciled in Australia. Its registered office and principal place of business is: 443 Charlotte Street PO BOX 528 Deniliquin NSW 2710 Telephone: 1300 138 265 Facsimile: (03) 5898 3301 www.murrayirrigation.com.au [email protected] Board of Directors The current directors of the Company are: P. Snowden C. Filson W. Van Beek R. Gleeson N. Baxter S. Fawns P. Largier D. Marples Chief Executive Officer Michael Renehan (2014 - June 2019) Philip Endley (Current since August 2019) Design Thirst Creative Photography Sarah Enticknap Peter Clarke ISBN 978-0-9923511-6-8 Table of Contents 1 Chief Executive Officer’s Report ........................................................................................................................... 4 2 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................... 5 3 Executive GM Major Engineering Projects' Report ............................................................................................... 7 BENEFITS OF MODERNISATION .......................................................................................................................... 9 4 Historical Insights ................................................................................................................................................ 10 4.1 Murray Irrigation ............................................................................................................................................ 10 4.2 Traditional irrigation practices in the southern Riverina ............................................................................... 11 5 Executive GM Water Delivery's Report ............................................................................................................... 12 6 Modernising Murray Irrigation .............................................................................................................................. 13 6.1 Private Irrigation Infrastructure Operators Program in NSW Round 2 (PIIOP2) .......................................... 13 7 Our customers ..................................................................................................................................................... 14 7.1 Current and future farming practices ............................................................................................................ 14 8 Our community .................................................................................................................................................... 16 8.1 Investing in local contractors and suppliers .................................................................................................. 16 8.2 Uplifting local businesses ............................................................................................................................. 17 9 Our company ....................................................................................................................................................... 18 9.1 Future leaders ............................................................................................................................................... 18 9.2 Revamping safety ......................................................................................................................................... 19 DELIVERING AN EXEMPLARY PROJECT........................................................................................................... 20 10 Objectives of the modernisation works ............................................................................................................. 20 10.1 Objectives ................................................................................................................................................... 20 10.2 Budget ..................................................................................................................................................... 20 11 Upgrading water management and measurement systems (SP1) ................................................................... 21 11.1 Outlets program .......................................................................................................................................... 21 11.2 Regulators program .................................................................................................................................... 22 11.3 Upgrading the Berriquin Irrigation Division ................................................................................................. 23 11.4 Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) .................................................................................. 23 12 Network reconfigurations (SP3) ........................................................................................................................ 24 12.1 Reconfigurations ......................................................................................................................................... 24 13 Optimising the footprint, driving water efficiency and reducing the network (SP4) .......................................... 25 13.1 Sub-system retirement ................................................................................................................................ 25 14 Project management ......................................................................................................................................... 26 14.1 Construction management ......................................................................................................................... 26 14.2 Design approach ......................................................................................................................................... 27 14.3 Planning and approvals .............................................................................................................................. 27 14.4 HSEQ Management System ...................................................................................................................... 28 14.5 Challenges, amendments and lessons ...................................................................................................... 30 15 Communications and marketing ........................................................................................................................ 32 15.1 Media .......................................................................................................................................................... 32 15.2 Internal engagement ................................................................................................................................... 33 15.3 External engagement .................................................................................................................................. 33 Post-project satisfaction ...................................................................................................................................... 34 1 Chief Executive Officer’s Report Michael Renehan MBA, M. Eng (Chem), MAICD Chief Executive Officer When infrastructure engineers review the progress, setbacks, wins and commissioning of a major project they understandably focus on the quality and integrity of the work, the hundreds of millions expended, and the need to finish on time, in scope and on budget. But when a project is funded in partnership with government an even greater level of accountability, oversight and discipline is imposed. In that context, and in presenting their report, I am confident that the Major Engineering Projects division of Murray Irrigation has delivered in every respect. Of particular pride is having worked 470,259 hours on PIIOP initiatives without a single hour lost to injury; a remarkable performance in any sector. We also know that our preparation leading up to transitioning from a manual to automated network paid enormous dividends with the orderly commissioning and activation of more than 3400 items without major incident or significant farm productivity losses. Murray Irrigation’s relationship with the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has been a highly effective partnership. The officials with whom we have dealt have been responsive and supportive and the department’s willingness to engage with our customer shareholders has been without hesitation. As proud as we may be with these macro achievements, our stakeholders and partners should not let project performance overshadow the delivery of improved services to our customers and our ability to effectively and efficiently manage the most valuable resource in agriculture: water. To that end Murray Irrigation now boasts one of the most modern irrigation networks in Australia and certainly one of the most advanced in the world. The backbone of our network is the iconic Mulwala Canal which is recognised at state and federal government level as a critical asset of national strategic significance. The benefits of our PIIOP partnership are now evident throughout the 156km-long main Mulwala Canal and the 2,778km of gravity-fed earthen channels that deliver to the 724,000ha in our operational area. As a result of PIIOP our network is