BENEFITS of work being conducted by Goulburn-Murray Water (GMW) to the Little Murray Weir have been refuted by a local irrigator.
Rob Sonogan, an agronomist who lives downstream of the weir, was part of a community consultative group conducted by GMW in a process he felt was lacking in consistency and depth.
“We still don’t know what the changes mean for each of us,” he said.
“Many of us still don’t know if it will be the same channel or pipes or none at all.
“Some people who have had water, no longer have it.
“We asked for a salinity management plan and they never provided it.
“They have said they would like to keep salinity levels below 600 EC, but they have not made any guarantee.”
Mr Sonogan said the weir’s structure was compromised by a chemical erosion process known as Ettringite (DEF) and this was the premise to replace the weir.
“But the base was never changed so the concrete will continue to deteriorate regardless of the new work,” he added.
