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The Comprehensive Water Supply Scheme, K J. Kelsall
The Comprehensive Water Supply Scheme, K J. Kelsall
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
The Comprehensive Water Supply Scheme has been a great boon to the agricultural area, and it has received strong support from all political parties. The Scheme has been responsible for increased prosperity of country towns, the decentralisation of industry, and general improvements in the standard of living.
This is a look at the development of the Scheme.
Water Supplies On Wheatbelt Farms : A General Picture, I A F Laing
Water Supplies On Wheatbelt Farms : A General Picture, I A F Laing
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
In good rainfall years, farm dams provide water fo more than 50 per cent of the total stock in the wheatbelt.
Other sources include ground water supplies and the piped Comprehensive Water Scheme.
The March 1970 census included questions on farm water supplies including how farmers coped in the 1969-70 drought.