{"id":246573,"date":"2019-10-23T12:41:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T02:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=246573"},"modified":"2020-07-16T10:40:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T00:40:58","slug":"irrigators-raise-cost-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/10\/23\/irrigators-raise-cost-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Irrigators Raise Cost Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_241495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-241495\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190809bpdam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-241495\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190809bpdam.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190809bpdam.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190809bpdam-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190809bpdam-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-241495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bjelke-Petersen Dam is the main storage on the Barker-Barambah water supply scheme &#8230; it is currently at 5.3 per cent capacity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>October 23, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A workshop held in Murgon recently for irrigators has raised a number of concerns about proposals in the Queensland Competition Authority&#8217;s (QCA) current review of irrigation pricing.<\/p>\n<p>The irrigators are serviced by the Barker-Barambah water supply scheme and the\u00a0Boyne River and Tarong\u00a0water supply scheme.<\/p>\n<p>The Barker-Barambah water supply scheme has more than 160 bulk customers holding medium and high priority water access entitlements.<\/p>\n<p>The Boyne River and Tarong water supply scheme has 155 bulk customers.<\/p>\n<p>Irrigators from both schemes met at the South Burnett PCYC in Murgon on October 9 to discuss a draft report prepared by the QCA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Concerns raised included:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The level of price increases proposed and their affordability,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Paying a fixed price for water during times of no supply, and<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The apportionment of costs for dam safety upgrades, and the fact upgrades had been costed without taking annual inflation into account.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The irrigators also raised concerns about insurance costs, saying the proposal did not reflect historical claims experienced by the\u00a0Barker-Barambah scheme.<\/p>\n<p>It was suggested that climate events in North Queensland were affecting\u00a0insurance costs for\u00a0schemes in southern Queensland which would have a different risk profile.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns were also raised that the QCA may incorporate an access charge in its final recommended prices, despite limited consultation undertaken by SunWater.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by the QCA said it was\u00a0yet to form any opinion on the issues raised but, as appropriate, they would be addressed in the QCA&#8217;s final report.<\/p>\n<p>Final submissions on the\u00a0QCA\u2019s draft report and access charges issues paper are due by November 4.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>External link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qca.org.au\/submissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QCA&#8217;s online submission form<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/09\/19\/irrigators-to-meet-in-murgon\/\">Irrigators To Meet In Murgon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/09\/09\/irrigators-face-46pc-rise\/\">Irrigators Face 46pc Rise<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/07\/16\/mayor-joins-sunwater-protest\/\">Mayor Joins SunWater Protest<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/07\/15\/water-costs-blowout-feared\/\">Water Costs Blowout Feared<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A workshop held in Murgon recently for irrigators has raised a number of concerns about proposals in the Queensland Competition Authority&#8217;s review of irrigation pricing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":241495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,36],"tags":[1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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