Water management

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development supports dryland and irrigated industries by providing information on best practice water management in dryland and irrigated farming systems. This includes information on rainfall-runoff capture, storage and use, and management systems to prevent land degradation.

Support and knowledge on practices for irrigation as well as planning and design tools, to support farmers manage water in a changing climate, are being continually updated. Our work complements the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation’s Rural Water Planning Program, which offers incentive schemes, grants, planning and technical services, emergency water arrangements, and information on best practice water supply improvements.

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  • An operator is checking the salinity of soil using an EM38 machine which measures the electrical conductivity

    Measuring soil salinity

    1 April 2015

    To make sound decisions on managing saline sites, you need to know the source of salt, how salinisation is occurring, the landscape context, and most importantly, the actual salt concentration of t

  • Photograph of field site used to measure plant available water capacity of a soil

    Plant available water and potential crop yield

    22 August 2016

    Plant available water (PAW) is a key determinant of potential yield in dryland agriculture.

  • Nozzles for spraying herbicides

    Water quality for spraying

    12 June 2014

    Water quality can influence the efficacy of chemicals used in spraying crops and pastures.

  • Irrigate WA

    IrrigateWA

    16 October 2015

    IrrigateWA is an irrigation app that will assist with the implementation of correct irrigation scheduling for a variety of crops, regions and soil types in Western Australia.

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