Drought Prepared and Resilient
Drought resilience and water security continue to be hot topics, certainly given weather extremes in regional Australia are predicted to increase both in severity and frequency. Droughts, floods, heatwaves and frosts all put strain on the capacity for regional communities and industries to thrive.
Whilst this season has seen good rainfall (for some of course, devastating floods), the implementation of drought resilience strategies is key in order to endure deeper, longer droughts and recover from them sooner.
Fortunately, there is support for NSW primary producers to build resilience now, in anticipation of future dry periods. The Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate (EWIR) provides eligible primary producers access to a 25% rebate on the purchase and installation of on-farm water infrastructure up to $25,000. However, primary producers are encouraged to act fast as the scheme closes 30 April 2022.
Eligible expenses for primary producers must relate to the purchase and/or installation of:
Pipes
Water storage devices such as tanks and troughs associated with stock watering
Water pumps and associated electronic systems to manage water delivery
Desilting dams
Drilling new stock water bores and associated power supply such as generators.
Building drought resilience allows food and agribusinesses to boost national farm income, increase food security, and protect the regional jobs that rely on agriculture. It also helps to achieve additional flexibility in land management, increase in productivity and ability to protect high value assets.
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