The small Invergordon Salinity Province is located at the edge of the Riverine Plains irrigated landscape where it has experienced high watertables induced by irrigation for many years.
The threats and productivity decline caused by these reduced during the 1999 - 2009 drought years but may return following another wet period. Intermediate to regional scale Groundwater Flow Systems underlie the province, but they are smaller in extent than those underlying the large Murray Valley Province to the north.
The impact of high watertables on irrigated dairy farms and orchards in the province can be managed through Whole Farm Planning including; better farm layout, increased drainage and re-use systems, more efficient forms of irrigation and where suitable shallow aquifers are present, groundwater pumping with appropriate re-use and/or disposal.
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