Richard George

Richard is Senior Principal Research Scientist DPIRD responsible for water projects North to South WA. R&D

[Richard George @HydroFire60]

@BrettPage72 @Butterfieldbeef Looking forward to seeing the finished product

[Richard George @HydroFire60]

@BrettPage72 @Butterfieldbeef Looking good…

[Richard George @HydroFire60]

@azam_gaus @HoolyMcg @jtelferoz @farmersgrowit @JasonBrand Sorry guys. Im in the almost never camp. Give me a lamb chop!

[Richard George @HydroFire60]

@BrettPage72 @NikCallow No problem… email me next week. Google me at DPIRD?

[Richard George @HydroFire60]

In Eyre Peninsular SA after long dry season talking desalination & looking at unconventional water sources. Seen several plastic sheeted catchments -2ha with 10 ML dams $100-200k built by #WaterSmart farmers @NikCallow

[Richard George @HydroFire60]

@trout_86 @NikCallow I heard as low as $4-6/m but likely excluding installation and only 1mm. No measure of tyre degradation mentioned. UWA did some micro plastics on tarps, its there, but impacts inconclusive

[Richard George @HydroFire60]

@CasFarmerCD @jtelferoz @NikCallow Correct evaporation control that did not work out the way they had intent

[Richard George @HydroFire60]

Last day with farmers in Eyre Peninsula at Warrminda with @jtelferoz + 24 farmers talking water, salinity and WaterSmart farms. Impressive lined catchments being adopted to collect high quality and secure water despite availability of SAWater pipes nearby. Great group @NikCallow

[Richard George @HydroFire60]

Spent a few days measuring subsoil drains last few weeks, removing excess water from crops in GtSthn & SW, to understand opportunities for water management. Two examples running well after strong rains @NikCallow

[Richard George @HydroFire60]

@k_bolto @NikCallow 1.5mm warranty is about 20 years, but have seen 1mm built in 2007 working well.

[Richard George @HydroFire60]

Last @WaterSmartFarm projects 89m deep bore being tested at 150,000 litres per day near Kojonup. Over 50% rate of success for bores of similar depth and salinity - from Merredin to Manjimup.

[Richard George @HydroFire60]

⁦@DPIRDWA⁩ Water science team testing 2nd last bedrock drill hole (20 drilled) from Merredin to Manjimup (this site) to find water for agriculture. Yields average over 80kL/d from depths to 100m, stock quality or ready to Desal as part of #WaterSmartFarms

[Richard George @HydroFire60]

@Tedthekelpie Nup, been increasing for a long while… and modelling suggests that it will continue

[Richard George @HydroFire60]

Our 2nd largest reservoir after Lake Argyle, Wellington Dams water quality is now almost 1500mg/L, feeding hundreds of SW farms. After 50 years of testing revegetation is it time for tools like desalination?

[Richard George @HydroFire60]

@WaterSmart Farms project on desalination and new farm water supplies won a 2024 AWA Award. DPIRD led consortium engages with 3 WA Uni’s, 4 Agencies, GGA, 2 RDCs, and delivers with 63 participating farmers, 3 rural towns & Wongutha school. More to do, but getting results.

[South West NRM Sustainable Agriculture @ag_southwestnrm]

Hear case studies on desalination, dam water capture and management, confinement feeding, natural capital and join the Q&A south of Boyup Brook on Wednesday 23 October ⁦@GGA_WA⁩ #DroughtHub ⁦@HydroFire60⁩ ⁦@FaceyGroup⁩ ⁦#FDF https://t.co/FLwHGdTFjc

[Richard George @HydroFire60]

@Iain78225333 V-notch weirs & data logging if the flow is variable but at higher flows ultrasonic flow meters ($). Mechanical ones need a head and hard in drains, especially when they get sediment issues. Buckets… simple

[Richard George @HydroFire60]

Not a dollar spent in 20 years as this and another line discharges dry sheep quality water from a hillside seep #gravitysiphoningsalt

[Richard George @HydroFire60]

@SPWagin Phil. Research we did a long while ago to effectively address gas bubbles

https://t.co/suKUDI4i2U

[Richard George @HydroFire60]

Recharge control of low production, wind-scalloped leaky wodjil sandplain is possible with targeted plantings. This one is a private carbon model that mitigates much of the farms emissions and along the way has seen an amazing regeneration of nature