Ord Irrigation Co-operative

The Ord Irrigation Co-operative was formed in 1996 to operate and manage the business of providing water and drainage services to the farms within Stage 1 of the Ord River Irrigation Area, as part of the transfer of the irrigation assets and business from the State to the growers.

Ord Stage 1 covers 15,150 hectares of agricultural land, which currently has over 300 kilometres of irrigation channels and drains, over 120 regulators, 1200 service meters, and 61 individual customers. Water is gravity fed to farms via a series of earth-lined open-supply channels, using a range of flow regulator structures.