NVIRP MVMCC

NVIRP consults with a wide range of committees and advisory groups to inform decision-making and understand stakeholder needs. 

Modernisation Consultation Committees;

Five Modernisation Consultation Committees (MCCs) are currently active, based in each of the irrigation areas in which NVIRP currently operates. 

The Murray Valley Modernisation Consultation Committee (MVMCC) on which Wendy Buck is a community representative sits on the first Wednesday of each month.

The purpose of the MCCs is to provide input and guidance into the NVIRP as it unfolds and is delivered, as well as to promote community awareness and ownership of the project.

The committees have been developed to represent the diversity of irrigator and stakeholder perspectives and assist NVIRP to understand the issues and expectations of the community.

In general, each committee comprises up to 11 community representatives and a number of agency representatives. 

As well as providing guidance on the overall program, these committees are encouraged to evaluate local issues and develop solutions that assist local communities.

About the Region
The Murray Valley irrigation area in the Goulburn-Murray Irrigation District stretches from Cobram in the east to Strathmerton in the west.

The area is part of the Upper Murray River Basin, which covers 15 280 square kilometres in Victoria and New South Wales. The Murray River forms the north and east sides of the Victorian part of the Basin and the southern boundary extends across the Great Dividing Range. Land in this area is mainly used for dairying, grazing and forestry.

There are approximately 2 181 irrigation properties in this region and 930 kilometres of open irrigation channels. The average volume of water used for irrigation in this region is around 363 gigalitres per year.

Planned Works
NVIRP aims to install approximately 120 kilometres of channel lining, 669 regulator gates and 1 237 metres in this region.

To learn more about NVIRP's plans to connect the majority of landowners to the modernised backbone system of irrigation channels, please click here

To view a map showing planned future works for the Murray Valley irrigation area, please click here

Key Contacts
NVIRP Modernisation Coordinators, Cobram Office
Geoff Simkin, Jamie Docker, Zara Milenkovic and Fiona Elgin

(03) 5871 0134

Murray Valley Modernisation Consultation Committee
Jason Andrew: (03) 5864 6412

Max Baker: 0429 099 559

Dudley Bryant: (03) 5864 1124

Wendy Buck: (03) 5874 5789 - 0438052630 

Barry Croke: (03) 5865 8231

David Darby: (03) 5872 2063

Heather du Vallon: (03) 5864 1161

Alan Hendy: (03) 5865 8250

Jim McKeown: (03) 5873 2276

Paul Mundy: (03) 5864 1311

Phil Ross-Soden: (03) 5874 5227

Goulburn-Murray Water
Murray North-East Operations: Cobram Office: (03) 5871 0100, Wangaratta Office: (03) 5723 2501

Central Murray Operations: (03) 5451 0111

www.g-mwater.com.au

Goulburn-Murray Water, Water Services Committee
MurrayValleyWSC@g-mwater.com.au

Contact Wendy Buck for further information; wendy@wbuck.com.au