Table A1.3 Water use by irrigators (Data source: 2016 RWS) Basin irrigators Total Total % irrigators % irrigators % irrigators % irrigators Volume of Volume of Volume of water Volume of water Volume of Volume of n volume of volume of reporting reporting reporting reporting water from water from from from water water water use water use different different different different irrigation irrigation rivers/lakes rivers/lakes from from (ML) (ML) volumes of volumes of volumes of volumes of channels channels (ML) (ML) ground ground Mean Median use (ML) use (ML) water use water use (ML) (ML) Mean Median water (ML) water (ML) 0-50 51-200 (ML) (ML) Mean Median Mean Median 201-1,000 >1000 Murray Darling 705 200 25% 25% 38% 12% 423 250 412 130 859 86 490 irrigators Irrigators outside Basin 4443 80 44% 25% 23% 8% 886 145 881 75 50 323 Northern Basin 1842 140 37% 22% 23% 18% 675 675 652 70 1521 140 65 irrigators Northern Basin 3205 165 38% 15% 23% 23% 675 675 505 99 3802 199 26 irrigators QLD – Northern irrigators 932 87 36% 26% 23% 15% 0 0 743 70 338 70 39 - NSW Southern irrigators 531 220 23% 26% 40% 11% 421 250 357 130 590 80 425 Southern Basin 712 265 22% 24% 36% 19% 594 325 574 180 583 100 118 irrigators NSW – Southern Basin 384 220 22% 27% 44% 7% 365 250 182 86 271 80 257 irrigators VIC – Southern Basin 855 125 32% 24% 32% 12% 294 1298 421 300 1893 92 50 irrigators - SA Basin irrigator, 1049 252 23% 21% 42% 13% 519 300 418 154 1800 135 448 upgraded on-farm infrastructure since 2008
Table A1.3 Water use by irrigators (Data source: 2016 RWS) Basin irrigators Total volume of water use (ML) Mean Total volume of water use (ML) Median % irrigators reporting different volumes of use (ML) 0-50 % irrigators reporting different volumes of use (ML) 51-200 % irrigators reporting different volumes of water use (ML) 201-1,000 % irrigators reporting different volumes of water use (ML) >1000 Volume of water from irrigation channels (ML) Mean Volume of water from irrigation channels (ML) Median Volume of water from rivers/lakes (ML) Mean Volume of water from rivers/lakes (ML) Median Volume of water from ground water (ML) Mean Volume of water from ground water (ML) Median n Murray Darling irrigators 705 200 25% 25% 38% 12% 423 250 412 130 859 86 490 Irrigators outside Basin 4443 80 44% 25% 23% 8% 886 145 881 75 50 323 Northern Basin irrigators 1842 140 37% 22% 23% 18% 675 675 652 70 1521 140 65 Northern Basin irrigators – QLD 3205 165 38% 15% 23% 23% 675 675 505 99 3802 199 26 Northern irrigators - NSW 932 87 36% 26% 23% 15% 0 0 743 70 338 70 39 Southern irrigators 531 220 23% 26% 40% 11% 421 250 357 130 590 80 425 Southern Basin irrigators – NSW 712 265 22% 24% 36% 19% 594 325 574 180 583 100 118 Southern Basin irrigators – VIC 384 220 22% 27% 44% 7% 365 250 182 86 271 80 257 Southern Basin irrigators - SA 855 125 32% 24% 32% 12% 294 1298 421 300 1893 92 50 Basin irrigator, upgraded on-farm infrastructure since 2008 1049 252 23% 21% 42% 13% 519 300 418 154 1800 135 448
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