Water Harvesting and Lined Catchments
Water Harvesting and Lined Catchments
Please find below our new fact sheet on water harvesting and lined catchments.
This fact sheet covers the basic considerations and steps involved in constructing a lined catchment. Maintaining a reliable and sustainable farm water supply is a major concern for livestock producers today. A lined catchment is a poly lined catchment area that runs into a poly lined dam. A lined catchment will capture water in any rainfall or dew event, where as an earthen dam needs the soil profile to be fully wetted up for water to run off the catchment and into the dam.
Click on the link below to access this fact sheet.
Water Harvesting and Lined Catchment Fact Sheet *2023 Update
Lined Water Catchments - Drone Footage
Please find below Drone footage of two lined water catchments that have been built in the Coorong area.
Click on the link or image below and it will take you to the You Tube video.
Lined Water Catchments - Drone footage
This link takes you to four You Tube case study videos about building sheeted water catchments on the Eyre Peninsula.
Coorong Lined Catchment Project 2021 Case Studies and Learnings
The Coorong Lined Catchment Project provided an opportunity to support four farm businesses to install lined catchments and one weather station. The project provided multiple opportunities for farm walks and workshops for interested land managers to learn more about the steps involved in building a lined catchment, and the ongoing benefits. To access the project summary please click on the Coorong Lined Catchment Project 2021 Case Studies and Learnings linkage above.
CASE STUDIES: Sheeted water catchments on the Eyre Peninsula from 2015
These practical case studies provide information on; - site preparation, - project costs, - materials used, - and the motivation to implement these projects. These practical videos are well worth watching, and provide project information that is readily transferable to our region.
Water Security Technology Tours - Coomandook 6th March, Policemans Point 13th March 2020
The Water Security Technology Tours were an opportunity to promote the outcomes of the Coorong Water Security Innovations Applied, Coorong Lined Catchments, and the Livestock Water Security & Weather Station Technology Tour Projects.
Technical experts who developed key technologies as part of these projects gave in paddock demonstrations and presentations on;
- Water Shut Off / Leak Detection Units
- Flow Meter / Leak Detection Units
- Drone mounted Leak Finding Themal Imaging
- Automated Shandying / Water Blending
- Tank Level Sensors
- On Farm Weather Stations
- and at Policemans Point Lined Catchments and Water Harvesting
Please click here to access the full Tour Booklet from the Policemans Point Water Security Tour.
Photos from the Coomandook Tour
Photos from the Policemans Point Tour
