The job-creating Transform Peel project has broken ground at Nambeelup with a study into an innovative water management system now underway.
The managed aquifer recharge study could help secure long-term water supplies for intensive agriculture for Transform Peel’s Peel Food Zone and adjacent Peel Business Park.
The study will assess how stormwater can be captured and stored in a deep aquifer during winter, and then accessed for irrigated agriculture in summer.
The drilling contractor is local company, Darling Downs Drilling, which reinforces the McGowan Labor Government’s commitment to creating local jobs in the regions.
The study is supported by funding from the Australian Government – National Water Infrastructure Development Fund, an initiative of the northern Australia and Agricultural Competiveness white papers, with in-kind contributions from the Shire of Murray, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation and Peel Development Commission.