The table below outlines some projects put to the Committee
to offset further reduction in SDLs by use of environmental works and measures
received during this inquiry. The table is indicative only but is presented to show
the array of possible savings by works and measures proposed to the Committee.
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Project
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Potential Reduction in required SDLs (GL)
|
|
|
|
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Victoria
|
|
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Lindsay-Walpolla Island.[1]
|
1,110 per event
|
|
Changed timing of Hume to Lake Victoria water transfers
|
40
|
|
Target flooding from changed lake Victoria operation
|
10
|
|
Lindsay river allowance used in a more timely way
|
70
|
|
Conversion of Lindsay River allowance into held
environmental water to allow better management.[5]
|
Approx. 70
|
|
Torrumbarry to Wakool bypass.
|
Approx. 40
|
|
Red gum forests in Victoria.
|
550 per annum
|
|
New South Wales
|
|
|
Menindee Lakes reconfiguration.
|
100
|
|
Reconfiguration of Lowbidgee Irrigation District.
|
100
|
|
Better use of environmental flows from the Snowy Scheme.
|
200
|
|
Murrumbidgee Computer Aided River Management System.
|
262 to 312
|
|
South Australia
|
|
|
Water Industry Alliance South Australian River Murray
Improvements Program.
|
40 over 5 years
|
|
Adelaide desalination plant.[15]
|
6
|
|
Reconfiguring drainage in south eastern South Australia.
|
14 per annum
|
|
Reconfiguring Murray lakes in South Australia.
|
63 per annum
|
|
Drainage options for southern Lagoon of the Coorong
|
100
|
|
Real time lower lakes management.
|
40
|