Wednesday 27 September 2017

the Water ordering system and updating your communication settings, alternatively Announced allocation SAFETY FIRST contact Customer Support on T. 1300 138 Class C General Security .. ……...…. 28 %

265. Water resource distribution …………... 3 % (issued against Delivery Entitlements) No swimming in channels Water orders and daylight saving Irrigation channels are not safe Water availability and usage places to swim or play. Regulating Daylight saving starts this Sunday, 1 (26/09/17) structures can change suddenly, October 2017. For customers placing Vol. Remaining % of Entitlements ...... 54 % water orders ending after this date, the and cause fluctuations in channel On-Farm (incl. WEX Volume) levels without warning. Water ordering system will automatically On-Farm Balance ...... 447 GL

Submerged objects can be hidden have an hour added to the normal finish On-Farm Usage ...... 79 GL below the surface and also time to enable lodgement. Customer present dangers to swimmers. To Support staff will manually adjust all orders Water exchange

ensure your safety, avoid ending after 1 October to the correct finish 8.30am today time. For more information or assistance swimming in irrigation channels. Water for Sale ...... 8,357 ML contact Customer Support on T. 1300 138 Price Range ...... $139 - $250 265. Buy Offer ...... $125 Yesterday’s Sales...... 173 ML Delayed Talking Water Landholder Association AGMs Price ………………...... $139 This week’s edition of Talking Water was Details of the local landholder association To buy water call 1300 781 431 distributed later than normal due to content annual general meetings are: • Landholders’ Association – Water use and trade data delays. Murray Irrigation apologises for any 20/09/17 – 26/09/17 Tonight, 27 September, Wakool inconvenience caused. Murray Water Exchange activity Services Club, 7.00pm (contact: David Internal buyers (No. & ML)…27; 5,292ML New Talking Water audio format May M. 0427 539 248); External buyers (No. & ML)…..1; 191ML • Murray Irrigation has introduced an audio Denimein Landholders’ Association Internal sellers (No. & ML)..…41; 5,463ML format of this newsletter. You can listen - Wednesday 4 October, Pretty Pine External sellers (No. & ML)…...... 1; 20ML here: Hotel, 5.00pm (contact: Josh Small M. Trade to and from licence (excl. Govt.) www.murrayirrigation.com.au/media/talking 0427 889 367); • Berriquin Irrigators’ Council - Net trade 1,998ML (week) -10,355ML (YTD) -water/. Thursday 5 October, Finley RSL Club, 7.00pm (contact: Louis Kelly T. 03 Crop weekly water use Plans for 2018 winter works ML used on farm……………. 27 GL (61% 5886 1634); on winter crops) Plans for 2018 winter works on the • Deniboota Landholders’ Canal are in full swing with 12 sites Association - Thursday 19 October, identified for the first stage of the upgrade. Channel flows today (ML/day) Caldwell Hall, 7.30pm (contact: Actual Capacity These works will bring our network one Alastair Starritt M. 0429 965 357). Mulwala Canal 4,577 10,000 step closer to a fully modernised system. In Wakool Canal 591 2,350 order to complete these significant off- NAPREC conference next week Escape flows 591 3,250 season works, a modified draining strategy will be implemented which includes the There are limited places still available for the inaugural National Agricultural Rainfall and evaporation early draining of the Canal. More detail will 20/09/17 – 26/09/17 ...... Rain ...... Evap be provided in coming months. If you would Productivity and Reconciliation Ecology Finley ...... 0.0mm .... 37.7mm like to discuss any potential impacts on Centre (NAPREC) conference next week. Tullakool ...... 0.0mm .... 37.3mm your irrigation schedule, contact Customer The event will be hosted at the Support on T. 1300 138 265. Golf Club on Wednesday 4 October. Storages • Morning session: 8.30am – 1.30pm 8.30am today (mdba.gov.au) • Evening session: 6.30pm – 9.30pm Dartmouth……………...3,240 GL….…84 % Postal ballot for Director vacancies Hume…………………...2,740 GL…….91 % Ballot papers for the upcoming Director Please RSVP to [email protected]. Lake Victoria……………..670 GL…….99 % elections will be mailed to shareholders this For more information, visit: Menindee Lakes ………...664 GL…....38 % Friday 29 September. Ballots must be https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0LOk Total Storage…..……....7,314 GL.…...79 % completed in accordance with ballot paper Fj0zKodUmJpcXR1Y1hZVjg. Rivers instructions and received by CorpVote by . All enquiries 8.30am today (mdba.gov.au) 5.00pm Tuesday 24 October Public holiday arrangements should be directed to Ballot Administrator Murray @ Doctors Point ...... 13,001 ML/d Murray d/s Yarra. Weir ...... 9,059 ML/d Tim Jones on T. 1300 428 082. All Murray Irrigation offices will be closed on Monday 2 October for the NSW Labour Goulburn @ McCoy’s Bridge.…6,950 ML/d

Day public holiday. Offices will re-open at M’Bidgee d/s ...... 1,378 ML/d Allocation update due next week 8.30am on Tuesday 3 October. Water Darling @ Burtundy…………...... 241 ML/d Flow to SA ...... 4,277 ML/d DPI Water’s next water allocation deliveries will not be affected. Next week’s statement is due next Tuesday 3 October. Murray to the Sea ...... 8 gates open Talking Water will be distributed on Murray Irrigation will pass the information Wednesday 4 October. This information is provided for general reference purposes on to registered customers shortly after. To only. Murray Irrigation takes best endeavours to ensure accuracy. It is collated at 8.00am Tuesdays and is subject subscribe to these announcements (via to change. email, SMS or fax) update your communication preferences by logging in to

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