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 |
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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 |

