SRWUIP Programs to be Included in the Initial Published List of Eligible Programs

The following SRWUIP Programs will be listed for the period commencing on the latter of 1 April 2010 or the Start Date listed below.

SRWUIP payment recipients should consult their project documentation to determine whether their payment was received as a participant in a project under one of the following SRWUIP programs.

Programs under the Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure Program	Start Date 
(Date Program Approved by Minister)	Description of Program	
Queensland Healthy Headwaters Water Use Efficiency Program	 18 March 2010	A State Priority Project under the Agreement for Murray-Darling Basin Reform of July 2008.  The On-farm Program aims to help farmers in the Murray-Darling Basin invest in efficient irrigation systems and technologies that reduce water loss, deliver long-term economic benefits, and return a share of water savings to the Basin’s rivers, wetlands and floodplains.  	
New South Wales Irrigation Farm Modernisation Program — Pilot Program	 30 September 2009	An early works pilot Program as part of the NSW Irrigated Farm Modernisation State Priority Program.  The Border Rivers Gwydir Pilot Program provides Border Rivers and Gwydir Valley irrigators with the opportunity to upgrade irrigation infrastructure, improve productivity, adapt to reduced water availability and ensure the long-term sustainability of local communities. Program is now complete.	
New South Wales Private Irrigation Infrastructure Operators Program 	 Round 1:  9 April 2010	A Commonwealth-led State Priority Project under the Agreement for Murray-Darling Basin Reform of July 2008. This Program is aimed at improving scheme efficiencies including channel configuration, channel upgrades, on-farm upgrades and rationalisation for NSW Irrigation Infrastructure Operators. 	
Private Irrigation Infrastructure Program for South Australia	Round 1: 5 October 2010
Round 2: 30 June 2011	A Commonwealth-led Program under the Agreement for Murray-Darling Basin Reform of July 2008.  The program is open to irrigators in South Australia and aims to acquire water entitlements generated from the implementation of eligible Projects to improve the efficiency and productivity of water use both off and on-farm.	
Commonwealth On Farm Irrigation Efficiency Program	Round 1: 15 March 2010
Round 2: 20 June 2011	A Commonwealth-led on-farm program targeted at improving the efficiency and productivity of on-farm water use and management in the Lachlan and southern-connected Murray Darling Basin, and to assist communities to adjust to a future with less water.  	
On-Farm Pilot Programs — Border Rivers-Gwydir CMA	 5 February 2009	A sub Program of the Irrigation Efficiency Program to test delivery models for acquiring water savings from future on-farm works programs. The experience and information gained from the pilot Programs helped inform the On Farm Irrigation Efficiency Program.  Program is now complete.	
On Farm Pilot Programs — Lachlan CMA	 5 February 2009	A sub Program of the Irrigation Efficiency Program to test delivery models for acquiring water savings from future on-farm works programs. The experience and information gained from the pilot Programs helped inform the On Farm Irrigation Efficiency Program.  Program is now complete.	
On Farm Pilot Programs — Murray Irrigation Limited	 5 February 2009	A sub Program of the Irrigation Efficiency Program to test delivery models for acquiring water savings from future on-farm works programs. The experience and information gained from the pilot Programs helped inform the On Farm Irrigation Efficiency Program.  Program is now complete.	
Gascoyne Pipeline 	28 June 2010	Funding for construction of a high-pressure irrigation water delivery system throughout the Carnarvon Irrigation Area in Western Australia, to produce a more efficient irrigation distribution system.  Best practice metering and telemetry controls will also be installed, together with implementation of an online water accounting, consumption and reporting system.  	
Infrastructure removal activities under Irrigator Led Group Proposal Programs	4 February 2011	Groups of irrigators are able to submit proposals to sell their irrigation water entitlements and decommission their off- farm irrigation delivery infrastructure. These proposals are to be submitted with the support of their irrigation water provider.	
Northern Victoria Irrigation Renewal Program — Stage 2	1 November 2010	A State Priority Program under the Agreement for Murray-Darling Basin Reform of July 2008.  The Program addresses water efficiency in both the delivery system and user connections in the Goulburn-Murray Irrigation District.  Only a portion of the funding is expected to go to private irrigators.