The full report for the Loddon-Avoca region from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project. (136 pages)
Lake Boga, Victoria
Loddon-Avoca region: CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project
The Loddon-Avoca region is one of a series of 18 regions being assessed as part of the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project.
- 12 May 2008 | Updated 14 October 2011
Background
The Loddon-Avoca region is in northern Victoria and represents 2.3 per cent of the total area of the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB).
The region has a population of around 142 000 people concentrated in the centres of Bendigo, St Arnaud, Charlton and Boort.
Research findings
The following documents detail the research findings:
Find out more about the The CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project.
Fast facts
- The Loddon-Avoca region is one of a series of 18 regions within the Murray-Darling Basin which is being assessed as part of the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project
- The region, in northern Victoria, represents 2.3 per cent of the total area of the Basin
- It uses 0.85 per cent of the total surface water diverted for irrigation in the Murray-Darling Basin, and 1.7 per cent of the total groundwater resource that is extracted in the Basin