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The results of landholder monitoring of groundwater quality across the Namoi Catchment will be made available at public meetings next week in Wee Waa and Gunnedah.
Namoi CMA, in partnership with the Cotton CRC and Namoi Water, embarked on a community based groundwater quality monitoring program.
Around 70 groundwater samples were collected from growers for major ion analysis.
Dr Wendy Timms, from the Water Research Labaratory at the UNSW, said "there was a good spread of samples with about 1/3 from the Lower Namoi, 2/3 from the Upper Namoi and a few from the Peel and Manilla subcatchments.
"These samples have been analysed and the results will be relayed to provide feedback to growers and other interested parties next week.
"The information that is gathered by growers is very valuable in understanding groundwater salinity at the point of use.
"This program was a baseline study and we would like to hear back form the growers if they are interested in continuing to participate in monitoring groundwater quality and if so, have a say about how they would like to go about it," Dr Timms said.
Topics include:
- update of groundwater condition drawing on new data and DECCW data
- drawdown and salinity changes Zone by Zone
- results of the grower sampling and comparison with monitoring bore data
- findings from the grower survey about monitoring
Monday, 31st August - Zone 3, at 4 pm -Gunnedah Services Club
Tuesday, 1st September
• Lower Namoi - starting 8 am - Wee Waa Bowling Club
• Upper Namoi - starting 3 pm - Gunnedah Services Club
Workshop enquiries: Namoi CMA, Namoi Water, Cotton CRC, or UNSW WRL
www.wrl.unsw.edu.au/namoi, w.timms@wrl.unsw.edu.au, ph. 02 9949 4488
ENDS…
Media Contact: Namoi CMA Anne Ferguson- (02) 6742 9202 or 0429-048 867 or anne.ferguson@cma.nsw.gov.au
Cotton CRC Yvette Cunningham (02) 6799 2471 or 0438 992 454 Yvette.cunningham@cottoncrc.org.au
