- Author CRCNA and Charles Darwin University research partners
- Publish date 23 May 2024
- Type Fact sheet
- Documents
- Water Security program
- Water
Summary
The Ord River Irrigation Area is one of the four nodes in the Water Security for Northern Australia program. The ORIA supports a broad array of agriculture including melons, mangos, cotton, sandalwood, and broadacre cropping. The ORIA is presently in Stage 2 of development with farms to the east of Kununurra and Stage 3 farms are proposed for the Northern Territory.
Projects
Water Security for Northern Australia program: Implementation phase
This Water Security for Northern Australia program has been delivered through a partnership between the CRCNA and the Northern Australia Universities Alliance. It is intended this program will develop and implement a series of research projects which address problematic issues which are constraining sustainable water resource utilisation in four key precincts or focal nodes across Northern Australia. These focal nodes are (Gilbert (QLD), Daly-Katherine (NT), Ord (WA) and lower Fitzroy (QLD)). These focal nodes were selected by the CRCNA based on prior assessments and consultation indicating they are likely locations of further water resource development pressure. In order to develop such a series of research projects, it was first required that the relevant stakeholders in each focal node be engaged in a co-design process. The co-design phase of the Water Security for Northern Australia program has identified a series of 15 priorities to be further examined as part of this implementation phase of the Water Security for Northern Australia program.