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Water Budgeting

Below are a series of documents to download that will be useful in planning for the seasons water requirements, accessing water information and the financial impacts of water use.

Manage Today
Created through the Drought information Delivery for Horticulture in the Murray Darling Basin Program, the tool ‘water budgeting and financial impacts’ allows you to compare minimum, medium and high water availability on your gross margin after buying and selling water for a number of options. For a copy of this document contact your local extension officer.

General
• Partial budgeting guide (download pdf) – an extract from a National Irrigation Risk Kit. Helps for comparing options when there is a water shortage. • Risk Management tool (download pdf) – a presentation on managing reduced water availability. • Irrigated Crop Management Services (ICMS) Seasonal Allocation tool (download excel) – (Rural Solutions SA) • Irrigated Crop Management Services (ICMS) Weekly Water Balance tool (download excel) (Rural Solutions SA)

Drought Tool for Murray River Irrigators
• Managing Crops During times of Drought or Water restrictions (Government of South Australia) • Support material for drought business skilling tool (Government of South Australia)

Links to Useful Information
• Information prepared for horticulture drought workshops in South Australia (for citrus, stone fruit and almonds). Visit Primary Industries and Resources South Australia Website

Crop Specific Information
Click here to access crop-specific information.