This 3.5-year project developed knowledge and water planning tools for farmers who needed their dams to work in all years and confidently make water investment decisions.
The project involved 12 core demonstration sites, building farm-based water planning tools, workshops, field days and industry training.
The project investigated solutions, which included renovating existing dams, building new dams, and implementing evaporation suppression and runoff technologies.
The GGA through the South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub collaborated with the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) and the University of Western Australia (UWA), and leveraged their existing work and prior investment in this field, as well as four grower group project partners, including Compass Agricultural Alliance, Darkan, Southern Dirt, Kojonup, Merredin and Districts Farm Improvement Group, Merredin and the Fitzgerald Biosphere Group, Jerramungup.
