{"id":244612,"date":"2019-09-19T17:56:14","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T07:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=244612"},"modified":"2020-07-17T16:35:38","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T06:35:38","slug":"irrigators-to-meet-in-murgon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/09\/19\/irrigators-to-meet-in-murgon\/","title":{"rendered":"Irrigators To Meet In Murgon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Irrigators on the Barker-Barambah and Boyne River-Tarong schemes have been invited to meet with the QCA in Murgon on October 9 (Photo: Kate Jewell)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

September 19, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Queensland Competition Authority has confirmed the date and venue for its workshops with South Burnett irrigators affected by its draft recommendations on water pricing.<\/p>\n

The QCA has been undertaking a review of all charges levied by State-owned water utilities SunWater and Seqwater since October 31 last year.<\/p>\n

It released its draft report into rural irrigation schemes earlier this month.<\/p>\n

The report makes 24 recommendations and sets out proposed five-year pricing plans for SunWater and Seqwater\u2019s irrigation schemes to 2023-24.<\/p>\n

The QCA has recommended almost no price changes for Boyne River-Tarong irrigators.<\/p>\n

However, Barker-Barambah irrigators can expect to see a 46 per cent increase, and users of the Redgate Uplift portion of the scheme, a 40 per cent rise.<\/p>\n

The regional workshop for Barker-Barambah and Boyne River-Tarong irrigators will be held at the South Burnett PCYC in Macalister Street, Murgon, from 9:00am to 11:00am on October 9.<\/p>\n

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