Talking Water - Tuesday 23 September 2025
This week's contents
2025 Member Director Election
- Voting closes Monday
Operations
- Daylight Savings and Water Orders
- Season Outlook Briefing presentations available for viewing
- Apply to remove Deemed Usage
- WaterWell Announcement - 1% Resource Distribution
- Talking Water data
Business
- Drainage Review update
- September Board Meeting
Industry
- Upcoming WMLIG events
- Pre-harvest and using yield maps - Jerilderie
2025 Member Director Election - Voting closes Monday
Murray Irrigation's 2025 Member Director Election ballot closes at 9.00am next Monday 29 September 2025.
This means those who are yet to cast their vote have less than a week to do so.
With the voting turnout sitting at below 27% as at 5.00pm yesterday (Monday 22 September), we strongly encourage all shareholders to set aside a few minutes to participate.
Your vote is an important contribution to ensuring strong, representative leadership and governance.
Online voting assistance
If you require assistance voting online, contact Vero Voting on 1300 702 898 (between 11.00am and 7.00pm AEST) and they will walk you through the process.
Voting in-person
Shareholders who may not have internet access can drop-in to the Murray Irrigation Deniliquin or Finley offices between 8.30am and 5.00pm, Monday to Friday, and vote confidentially on a computer set up specifically for this purpose (please ensure you bring your voting details with you as Murray Irrigation does not have access to your personal voting information).
The results of the 2025 Member Director Election will be announced via Shareholder Update and
Talking Water next Tuesday 30 September 2025.
In the meantime, for everything you need to know about the 2025 Member Director Election, please visit our webpage below.
Operational Update
Daylight Savings and Water Orders
Daylight savings begins on Sunday 5 October 2025.
If you are placing an order to end after this date, the water ordering system will automatically increase the order by an hour to the normal finish time to enable lodgement.
Our team will manually adjust all operating orders ending after 5 October to the correct operating time for the channel system.
For more information, please ring our Customer Experience Team on 1300 138 265 or email: customersupport@murrayirrigation.com.au
Season Outlook Briefing presentations available for viewing
We are pleased to advise that the presentations from Murray Irrigation's recent Season Outlook Briefings are now available for viewing.
Customers who were unable to attend one of these sessions, or who would like to take another look at the material, can find the presentations on our Season Outlook Briefing webpage (below), or by clicking on the respective presenter names as follows:
- Shahadat Chowdhury & Priyantha Jayakody (NSW DCCEEW) – Water Allocation Forecast Outlook 2025/26
- Eric Snodgrass (Nutrient Ag Solutions) - Weather forecast across the Murray Irrigation footprint
- Marianne Graham (RuralCo Water) – Water Trade and brokerage update
More than 80 participants turned out for these sessions, which were held earlier this month at Deniliquin, Wakool and Finley.
Customer feedback indicates there is strong interest in making this an annual event, due to the value of the information provided.
Apply to remove Deemed Usage
If you are not planning to use your Stock & Domestic pipe outlet this season, you can apply to reverse the 2 ML of usage. Click on the button below to download an application form.
The fee is $74.27 per pipe, and applications are due by 5.00pm this Friday 26 September 2025.
Please note that Murray Irrigation conducts an audit during the season to confirm the pipe is not used.
WaterWell Announcement - 1% Resource Distribution
As communicated last Wednesday, Murray Irrigation has announced a 1 per cent Resource Distribution to eligible customers.
This additional water has been automatically placed onto eligible customer accounts, which can be viewed via your Customer Portal.
Read the full announcement below.
Talking Water data 23/09/2025
All the detailed data for Murray Irrigation delivery, channel flow, Water Exchange temporary trade and DCCEEW water allocations is available on our company web page below.
To see the latest data for Murray system storages and rivers, including dam heights, visit the Murray Darling Basin Authority's River data page.
Additional resources
MDBA weekly report
NSW Water allocation statements
Rainfall and evaporation
Barmah Choke trade balance
The information and data provided in Talking Water is for general reference purposes only. We take best endeavours to ensure accuracy.
Business News
Drainage Review update
Following the rain events in October and November 2022, when the Murray Irrigation footprint received almost 300mm of rain, the company commenced a review into the performance of our drainage system and the processes involved during these unprecedented rainfalls to identify where improvements may exist.
This review was undertaken by an independent Incident Cause Analysis Method (ICAM) investigator, SAFCOM Risk Management, and involved an extensive interview process with customers as well as Murray Irrigation staff.
The below table summarises the progress Murray Irrigation has made to implement the suggested recommendations from the review.
Further information regarding this Drainage Review and related activity can be found on our webpage below.
September Board Meeting
Murray Irrigation held its latest Board Meeting last Thursday 18 September 2025.
Directors discussed a number of topics during this meeting, including:
- Member Director Election
- AGM Notice of Meeting
- Accounting standards
- Water Market Intermediaries Code
- Resource Distribution
You can find more information about the September Board Meeting in the below Deputy Chair Update.
Industry News
Upcoming Western Murray Land Improvement Group events
Resilient Pastures - Project summary & Soils Masterclass
Join this crash course in soils with agronomist Damian Jones and Western Murray Land Improvement Group’s Luke Ward
Damian will talk about understanding your soil tests and how to easily interpret the results to make the right decisions on how to improve your pastures for the goals you have – whether it’s increasing productivity, building on-farm resilience against weeds and extreme weather events like floods or droughts, increasing biodiversity and so on, based on your soil type and land history.
When: Friday 26 September
Time: 10.00am - 12.00pm
Where: 27 Thule Street, Barham
RSVP to Luke Ward: 0401 532 885 or luke.ward@wmlig.org
Innovative Pastures for Adaptive Farms Field Day
This event will explore cutting-edge drought-tolerant pasture systems and their role in building farm resilience.
Attendees will gain insights into healthy soils, the importance of ground cover, and emerging trends in dryland pasture management.
Guest speakers include:
- Joel Williams - Plant and soil health specialist, Integrated Soils
- Colin Seis - Winona farmer and pioneer of innovative pasture cropping solutions
- Rebecca Stacey, Agriculture Production team leader, Local Land Services
- Damian Jones, Resilient Pastures project agronomist
When: Wednesday 1 October
Time: 9.00am - 2.00pm
Where: Ettershank's Shearing Shed, 913 Cobramuga Rd, Cobramunga
Register here
Pre-harvest and using yield maps - Jerilderie
Join Murray Local Land Services for an informative session tailored for broadacre cropping farmers.
Gain insights on how to get the most from yield mapping, refine your pre-harvest agronomy plans, and hear the latest grain market update. Enjoy a relaxed discussion with experts.
Presenters include:
- Angus Malmo – (RMS Ag) yield mapping
- Bec Dean – (RMS Ag) pre-harvest agronomy
- Grain Market Update – Market Check
Tea and coffee provided.
Contact: Kimberley Beer via email at kimberley.beer@lls.nsw.gov.au
