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1: The Mitchell is a Heritage River and the largest unregulated river remaining in Victoria … >View
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2: Cowwarr Weir regulates flow out of the Thomson River into Rainbow Creek, near the central Gippsland town of Cowwarr … >View
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3: Dethridge meters or wheels measure the supply of water from irrigation channels onto the farm … >View
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4: Irrigation water is used by farmers in different ways for different purposes … >View
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5: The view shows a typical concrete lined channel and Dethridge wheel offtake emplacement … >View
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6: A forty kilometre drive from Bairnsdale along the Dargo Road takes the visitor through … >View
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7: Whilst much of the Werribee Irrigation District is serviced with concrete lined channels … >View
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8: The Barwon is the largest river in south west Victoria and is vital for both rural and urban supply … >View
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9: The Hopkins is typical of the rivers of south western Victoria, falling from the Grampians to the sea … >View
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10: Access to and availability of water has always been the biggest problem for the Victorian dry land farmer … >View
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11: The Hopkins runs from the Grampians, through the agricultural lands of … >View
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12: The lower reaches of the Mitchell River in East Gippsland flow through a wide and fertile valley … >View
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13: Lake Glenmaggie, located on the Macalister River in central Gippsland, is the water storage … >View
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14: Pykes Creek was constructed in 1911 and enlarged in 1930 … >View
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15: The Yallourn Barrell Weir, to give it its full title, is part of the works originally constructed to … >View
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16: The potential ferocity of Nature is well illustrated in this picture of the Melton Reservoir spillway … >View
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17: Cowwarr is a small settlement between Heyfield and Traralgon in central Gippsland. It is important … >View
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18: No review of Southern Rural Water would be complete without cows … >View
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19: Even the largest of our storages is not proof against extreme and prolonged drought conditions … >View
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20: The holiday resort of Warrnambool in Victoria's south west is ringed by two rivers … >View
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21: SRW has a major role as a storage operator in southern Victoria and controls seven large … >View
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22: The Maffra office is home to both SRW's corporate staff and the administration staff of … >View
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