Chapter 3
I Background
II Early European Settlements
III Assessment Of Available Water Resources
IV Water Supplies For Goldmining Development
V Irrigation Development
i Channels, weirs and barrages
ii Measuring farm supplies - the Dethridge wheel
iii Early pumping schemes
iv Irrigation techniques
v Drainage of irrigated land
vi Recharge of aquifer
vii Soil-plant-water relationships
viii Carry-over storages and security of supply
VI Farm And Stock Water Supplies
VII Urban Water Supplies
VIII Wastewater Management And Treatment
IX Water Quality Management
X Limnological And Water Quality Research
XI New Techniques In Water Resource Planning And Management
XII Legislation
XIII Conclusion
XIV List Of Abbreviations
XV Acknowledgements
XVI Plantations-high Productivity Resources
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Early pumping schemes
The first pumping installation for irrigation at Mildura in 1887 indicates clearly the innovative genius of George Chaffey -the engineer of the Chaffey brothers - and the technology of the time. Chaffey conceived the idea of damming a lagoon 10 km long at its downstream end, keeping the lagoon full by pumping from the River Murray at the other end, and lifting water by further pumping to irrigate the adjoining land 30 m above the river.Chaffey designed the permanent pumps, to be built by Tangye & Co. in Britain but, with a two-year construction period, he decided to press on in the meantime with two 50 cm centrifugal pumps installed on a paddle-steamer, the Jane Eyre, moored at the entrance to the lagoon.
People in Bright Sparcs - Chaffey, George
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