EconSearch Completed Project

Project: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Using Excess Capacity in the Morgan-Whyalla Pipeline for Irrigation Development in the Baroota District (2002)

Client: SA Water

Collaborator: Tonkin Consulting

Summary: An economic and financial evaluation of the options for future use of Baroota Reservoir in the northern Spencer Gulf area of South Australia is provided in this report. The results of the cost benefit analysis illustrate that two of the four options for future use of the Baroota Reservoir (retain the reservoir and use the harvested water for potable supply and retain the reservoir and develop as a non-potable supply source for irrigation) would generate positive benefits to the wider community.