Irrigation Information & Links
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Disclaimer
The links provided below are offered to assist with sourcing further irrigation information. However, with each of these links you leave the Irrigation Association of Australia website. The association cannot guarantee the quality or accuracy of the information on any site not subject to its internal legal risk management and quality control processes.
Searching the net for information can be a frustrating exercise however for irrigation related information a good place to start is the WWW Virtual Library of Irrigation. This site provides links and information on irrigation and hydrology held on other websites. The information is indexed under a range of useful headings. The site also contains information on conferences, on-line journals, independent articles and irrigation standards and statistics.
Another excellent site is Connected Water an Australian Government site which contains Australian and International links for surface water and ground water.
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Key Australian Information Sites
This new portal developed by ANCID makes it easier to find basic and detailed information about a wide array of topics that impact on irrigation. There are links to facts and figures about irrigation in Australia, irrigation best practice, innovation and technology, case studies, resources, availability, water trading, water policy, standards, regulations, research, education, training, publications, events, and even weather forecasts.
National Plan for Water Security
- Relevance to Irrigation;
- Guidelines & Toolkits – computer models, tools and any explicit guidelines;
- Efficiency and profit – on–farm practice;
- Environment – off-farm research and practices; and
- Public policy – macro-economic issues and communication approaches.
Other Australian links
Australian Golf Course Superintendents Association
Australian Government grants - Looking for funding for that great idea or project? Try the above link to sources of Australian Government grants that can be searched by key words.
Business Victoria - This site provides a guide to the services and business assistance programs offered by the Business Group of the Victorian Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development, in rural development and regional services, the service industries and manufacturing. Whether you are an existing local business planning to grow, and wanting to know more about business and regional development or a potential investor seeking the benefits and opportunities Victoria offers, information to assist you can be found on the Business Group website.
Centre for Groundwater Studies
Climate and Weather (Bureau of Meteorology)
Climate Change Report CSIRO 2007
Connected Water - an Australian Government site which contains Australian and International links for surface water and ground water.
Connected Waters Initiative of the University of NSW with a solely educational aim to promote awareness of Australia's water resources and water resource issues.
Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Catchment Hydrology
Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Irrigation Futures
CSIRO Division of Land and Water Resources
Environment Protection Agency USA
IWES - Workshops for environmental water professionals
Murray Darling Basin Commission
www.ozcotton.net a site for people in or interested in the Australian cotton industry, with postings to, and opportunity to use, the forum for various discussions pertaining to industry and irrigation issues.
Primary Industries & Resources South Australia
(Queensland) Department of Natural Resources and Water
(Queensland) Department of Primary Industries
(Tasmania) Department of Primary Industries Water & Environment
Water Corporation of Western Australia
Water Droplets - Mike Young (UAdel) and Jim McColl (CSIRO) discuss alternate ways to manage water
Water Industry Capacity Development Initiative
Water Services Association of Australia
Water and Irrigation (NSW Gov)
International links
Alberta Irrigation Projects Association (Canada)
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
(Cal Poly) Irrigation Training and Research Center (ITRC)
(CIT) Center for Irrigation Technology
European Irrigation Association
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
Irrigation Industry Association of British Columbia
International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID)
Landscape Industry Association (Singapore) - The LIAS website aims to facilitate the exchange of information and business opportunities among companies in the landscaping and related industries, as well as to provide a platform for LIAS members to profile their products and services and reach out to the international market. The setting up of LIAS website is in line with LIAS’ mission to develop and promote professionalism and quality in landscape products and services to fulfill Singapore’s vision of being a City in a Garden.
South African Irrigation Institute
Trickle-L Irrigation Discussion Group
United Kingdom Irrigation Association
WWW Virtual Library of Irrigation
IRRIGATION-L - IRRIGATION-L is an email discussion list in the field of irrigation theory and practice. IRRIGATION-L was already established in 1994 and has been active ever since. While it is an email based discussion list it also has its own website with threaded online archives of all postings since the establishment of the list in 1994 (more than 5,500). All the information and the content of all postings is fully searchable and freely accessible on-line. New postings are automatically added to the site. All the information needed to subscribe (free) etc is also found on that site.