Bundaberg Distribution System
The Bundaberg board completed its term after conducting detailed investigations and withdrawing from the LMA process in 2017.
| Investigation board chair | Maurie Maughan |
|---|---|
| Investigation board members | Dale Holliss Peter Borrows Mark Mammino Phil Miller Lynn Smart |
| About Bundaberg | Constructed in the 1970s the area irrigated by the distribution system is about 40,000 hectares, sourced mainly from the Burnett but also the Kolan rivers |
| Irrigated crops | Sugar cane, tomatoes, rockmelons, watermelons, capsicum, chillies, zucchini, beans, peanuts, macadamia nuts, citrus and avocados |
| Customers | About 890 irrigators and less than 10 non-irrigators |
| Channels and pipelines | 630km |
| Pump stations | 12 |
| Balancing storages | 14 |
| Drains | 0 |
| Off takes | 1586 |
| Water transported | 150,000ML |
| Industry | Three sugar mills operate in the area |
