45% of landowners not The end of the drought No longer This means there are more on the backbone will and improvements in appropriate. physical connections and and leave agricultural conditions works required by the project ‘dry off’ irrigated agriculture. has led to a dry off rate increasing cost and of closer to 14%. complexity. Resource availability Resources availability No longer Restrictive availability of will not be an issue. has been a challenge for appropriate. suitably qualified personnel in the project. the GMID and plant, equipment and supplies. 95% of landowners will 100% of landowners are Appropriate but It is appropriate to engage be involved in the being sought be involved project has moved with 100% of landowners in project delivery. in the project. away from this some capacity; in this assumption. engagement however 100% may not elect or be required to participate in the project. The 100% target distorts other policy objectives for the project. Landowner Landowner interactions No longer Many interactions between agreements will be have proven to be more appropriate. the landowner and the project achieved with only one complex and required before agreement is interaction between the interdependent than reached often with significant project and the envisaged. periods of time between landowner. interactions. Landowners will form Syndicates are very rare No longer Almost all landowner syndicates to take a in the project. appropriate. interactions are with individual collective and proactive landowners with no approach to efficiencies gained through negotiation and interactions with multiple agreement with the landowners at a time. project on reconfiguration options. A Following GMW No longer Delays in interacting with landowner’s initial interaction with the responses to the appropriate. landowners. project would be report on Ombudsman’s through a contracted NVIRP, the first one on farm designer. one discussion with landowners are held with GMW staff rather than a contracted farm designer. The planned backbone Backbone retention to No longer Approximately 550 km of would extend to facilitate new appropriate. channel retention have been facilitate connections connections has forecast, which will result in and retract to balance exceeded retractions. 50-54 ML/km less water out the extensions. savings.
45% of landowners not on the backbone will ‘dry off’ and leave irrigated agriculture. The end of the drought and improvements in agricultural conditions has led to a dry off rate of closer to 14%. No longer appropriate. This means there are more physical connections and works required by the project increasing cost and complexity. Resource availability will not be an issue. Resources availability has been a challenge for the project. No longer appropriate. Restrictive availability of suitably qualified personnel in the GMID and plant, equipment and supplies. 95% of landowners will be involved in the project delivery. 100% of landowners are being sought be involved in the project. Appropriate but project has moved away from this assumption. It is appropriate to engage with 100% of landowners in some capacity; in this engagement however 100% may not elect or be required to participate in the project. The 100% target distorts other policy objectives for the project. Landowner agreements will be achieved with only one interaction between the project and the landowner. Landowner interactions have proven to be more complex and interdependent than envisaged. No longer appropriate. Many interactions between the landowner and the project required before agreement is reached often with significant periods of time between interactions. Landowners will form syndicates to take a collective and proactive approach to negotiation and agreement with the project on reconfiguration options. Syndicates are very rare in the project. No longer appropriate. Almost all landowner interactions are with individual landowners with no efficiencies gained through interactions with multiple landowners at a time. A landowner’s initial interaction with the project would be through a contracted farm designer. Following GMW responses to the Ombudsman’s report on NVIRP, the first one on one discussion with landowners are held with GMW staff rather than a contracted farm designer. No longer appropriate. Delays in interacting with landowners. The planned backbone would extend to facilitate connections and retract to balance out the extensions. Backbone retention to facilitate new connections has exceeded retractions. No longer appropriate. Approximately 550 km of channel retention have been forecast, which will result in 50-54 ML/km less water savings.
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