On 1 July 2011, Tasmanian Irrigation was created through the merger of the former Rivers and Water Supply Commission,  Tasmanian Irrigation Schemes and Tasmanian Irrigation Development Board. The assets, liabilities and responsibilities of the three former entities now reside with Tasmanian Irrigation - a State-owned company responsible for managing the Meander Valley and Coal River irrigation schemes, and for taking a suite of new projects in 13 regions of Tasmania through the development, construction and operational stages.


The fourth of the new irrigation developments has reached the construction stage. Work has started on the Winnaleah Irrigation Scheme Augmentation project to double the licenced capacity of this significant scheme in north east Tasmania. Find out about the project here: Winnaleah augmentation