IRRIGATION AUSTRALIA 2010

Irrigation Australia Limited is Australia's leading organisation representing the breadth of the Australian irrigation industry. It has members covering all sectors of the industry, from water users, consultants, designers and installers through to educational institutions, government, manufacturers and retailers.

The composition of the association provides members with access to a unique network of information as well as to people and organisations involved in Australia's water resources sector.
The IAL has concentrated on achieving its aim of being the representative body of a nationally and regionally recognised irrigation industry, providing leadership in the growth and development of all its sectors.

IAL represents most irrigation water providers in Australia, with over $6 billon in assets (at replacement value), in 73 supply systems managed by 31 irrigation water provider businesses servicing over 46,000 irrigators and 270 towns as customers, (ANCID 2004/05 benchmarking report). This report also revealed that the total service area of these businesses is 3.3 million hectares. Nine and half million Megalitres of allocated water can be delivered through some 58,300 supply points. The ABS also revealed last year that in the 40,000 businesses that they surveyed, 13,500 used ground water in some form so a considerable number of our stakeholders are also groundwater users and managers.