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Declared Irrigation Districts

Created 26/06/2025

Updated 26/06/2025

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Declared irrigation district boundaries mapped by Victorian rural water corporations. Declared irrigation districts are managed by Victorian water corporations under Part 6A of the Water Act 1989 and encompass rural water corporation irrigation infrastructure for water supply. The declared irrigation districts in the north of Victoria include the Goulburn Murray, Nyah and Tresco irrigation districts managed by Goulburn Murray Water and the Merbein, Red Cliffs, Robinvale and First Mildura irrigation districts managed by Lower Murray Water. The declared irrigation districts in the south of Victoria include the Macalister, Werribee and Bacchus Marsh irrigation districts managed by Southern Rural Water. These declared irrigation districts service the majority of irrigation enterprises in Victoria, supporting agricultural production. Input scales vary by water corporation. N.B. DISTRICT_ID has been removed. 2023-10-02: Updated: Goulburn Murray, Nyah, Tresco, Merbein, Red Cliffs, Robinvale, First Mildura, Werribee, and Bacchus Marsh irrigation districts 2024-6-21: Updated: Macalister Irrigation District 2025-02-25: Removed Millewa Rural District.

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Title Declared Irrigation Districts
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/121dbbde-9803-424b-b675-33de9da1d900
Remote Last Updated 16/06/2025
Contact Point
Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
contact@dpc.vic.gov.au
Reference Period 25/02/2025
Geospatial Coverage Victoria
Data Portal Victoria Government

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This dataset was originally found on Victoria Government "Declared Irrigation Districts". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/declared-irrigation-districts