Sentence examples for irrigation communities from inspiring English sources

So incensed were some irrigation communities that they burned copies of the plan in the streets.

Several crossbenchers have visited irrigation communities in the Riverina district of New South Wales and Shepparton in Victoria to discuss the allocation of water resources with farmers.

This paper explores timescales, changing worldviews and the impact of water reform on irrigation communities in Australia whose water sharing arrangements have roots in an earlier era.

A five panel independent Murray Darling basin authority to undertake a basin-wide study to understand the social and economic conditions in irrigation communities, reporting on 31 December.

Where changing worldviews, reforms and the ability of communities to adapt are out of synchronisation then friction ensues, as was seen in the Murray Darling Basin when proposed reforms have resulted in widespread disputes between reformers and irrigation communities.

Irrigation communities in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales are far from happy with a reduced water recovery target for their parts of the Murray-Darling Basin but environmental groups and downstream communities have warned the new target threatens the credibility of the basin plan.

Multipurpose river basin schemes have been developed for flood control, irrigation, community water supply and hydropower production.

Along its course, farmers use its waters for irrigation and communities use it for drinking water and recreation.

Criteria for granting license include total capacity, proximity from aquatic sanctuary and raw water capture point for utility, as well as impacts on navigation, irrigation, nearby communities and the environment.

The irrigation engineering community normally approaches the problem by adding a leaching requirement over and above the irrigation water requirement (FAO 2007).

She understands the importance of irrigation to regional communities".