Plains Water Ltd

The Droughtmaster Project

The Droughtmaster project is designed to bring water security to the Northern Riverina region of New South Wales. Developed by Plains Water Ltd.

Project Infrastructure
  • Pipeline linking Murrumbidgee and Lachlan catchments
  • Proposed to be funded as a Public-Private Partnership
  • Treatments plant/s as required
  • Arboreal sequestration, so project is carbon neutral, or better
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Village

Development of land assets for social and affordable housing, and worker accommodation.

Customers

Horticulture Development

Mining (Lachlan Fold Belt)

Livestock & Domestic

Local Utility

PPP Process

  • The NSW Government has asked that the infrastructure project proceeds as a Public- Private Partnership (PPP) under the NSW Unsolicited Proposals framework.
  • This process provides co-funding support from government generating a regulated return as an essential service monopoly.
  • The project team is well equipped to proceed under this framework with the project having previously lodged an application and been invited to proceed.
  • Without a successful outcome under this framework, the project is not likely to extend to the Lachlan catchment.
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Water Security

  • Water is sourced from the regulated Murrumbidgee system.
  • The Murrumbidgee System is considered the most secure water source in the Murray Darling Basin.
  • Water entitlement is a bankable property right, routinely traded in an active market.

Goal Alignment

Project Goals align with Government Strategies, Objectives and Goals

  • Facilitates regional macroeconomic growth
  • Reverses population decline
  • Provides a significant level of permanent jobs creation
  • Allows sustainability & resilience of local communities
  • Facilitates Aboriginal empowerment outcomes
  • Increases food security and productivity
  • Improves water security for new mining developments
  • Attracts new investment into the NSW Riverina
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